Long-term reduction in adverse drug events: an evidence-based improvement model.

Madlen Gazarian; Linda Velta Graudins

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Long-term reduction in adverse drug events: an evidence-based improvement model.

July 18, 2012

Gazarian M, Graudins LV. Pediatrics. 2012;129(5):e1334-42.

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A multifaceted, interdisciplinary, continuous quality improvement project successfully reduced adverse drug events at an Australian pediatric hospital. The improvement was driven by a nearly two-thirds reduction in the incidence of prescribing errors.

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