Pediatric medication errors in the postanesthesia care unit: analysis of MEDMARX data.
MEDICATION ERRORS involving pediatric patients in the postanesthesia care unit may occur as frequently as one in every 20 medication orders and are more likely to cause harm when compared to medication errors in the overall population.* RESEARCHERS EXAMINED six years of records from the MEDMARX data...
| Publicado en: | AORN Journal Vol. 85; no. 4; pp. 731 - 745 |
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| Formato: | CEU exam questions research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2007
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