High-alert medications: shared accountability for risk identification and error prevention.

Susan Paparella

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High-alert medications: shared accountability for risk identification and error prevention.

September 29, 2010

Paparella S. Journal of emergency nursing: JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association. 2010;36(5):476-8.

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This article describes how lack of communication around a near miss involving a high-alert medication led to a never event. The author suggests that heightened clinician awareness of risks and potential errors could protect against adverse events.

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