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Elimination of Emergency Department Medication Errors Due To Estimated Weights

From 7/2014 through 6/2015, 10 emergency department (ED) medication dosing errors were reported through the electronic incident reporting system of an urban academic medical center. Analysis of these medication errors identified inaccurate estimated weight on patients as the root cause. The goal of...

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Autores principales:	Greenwalt, Mary, Griffen, David, Wilkerson, Jim
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	British Publishing Group 2017
Materias:	BMJ Quality Improvement Programme
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5387986/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28469895 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjquality.u214416.w5476

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