Reported medication events in a paediatric emergency research network: sharing to improve patient safety.

Kathy N Shaw; Kathleen A Lillis; Richard M Ruddy; Prashant Mahajan; Richard Lichenstein; Cody S Olsen; James M Chamberlain; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network

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Reported medication events in a paediatric emergency research network: sharing to improve patient safety.

November 28, 2012

Shaw KN, Lillis KA, Ruddy RM, et al. Emerg Med J. 2013;30(10):815-9.

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This study characterizes the types of medication errors occurring in pediatric emergency departments (EDs), using data gathered from voluntary error reports in 18 EDs. Human factors were a contributing cause in the majority of errors.

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