Study Identifying medication errors in surgical prescription charts. Citation Text: Simons J. Identifying medication errors in surgical prescription charts. Paediatr Nurs. 2010;22(5):20-4. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL July 21, 2010 Simons J. Paediatr Nurs. 2010;22(5):20-4. View more articles from the same authors. This study used manual chart review to estimate the incidence of prescribing errors in post-surgical pediatric patients. PubMed citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Simons J. Identifying medication errors in surgical prescription charts. Paediatr Nurs. 2010;22(5):20-4. 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