Incidence of medication errors in a surgical intensive care unit. analisys and improvement measures implemented
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Incidence of medication errors in a surgical intensive care unit. analisys and improvement measures implemented
Results A total of 634 observations made over weekdays and weekends were performed including morning, noon and night shifts. 36.27 % observations (230) included some type of error, a total of 245 medication errors were detected. According to the type of error found: 52 were prescription errors (21.22%), 2 omissions (0.82%), 44 related to administration technique (wrong speed) (17.96%), 10 omiss...
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عنوان ژورنال: Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2197-425X
DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-3-s1-a75