Pediatric antidepressant medication errors in a national error reporting database.

Michael L. Rinke; David G. Bundy; Andrew D. Shore; Elizabeth Colantuoni; Laura Morlock; Marlene R. Miller

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Pediatric antidepressant medication errors in a national error reporting database.

February 17, 2010

Rinke ML, Bundy DG, Shore AD, et al. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010;31(2):129-36.

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This analysis of MEDMARX data found that harmful errors involving antidepressants most commonly occurred at the medication administration stage and frequently involved off-label use of medications.

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