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Pharmacological errors in NICU

Authors :
Virginia Garofalo
Anna Portanova
Silvia Foligno
Andrea Dotta
Source :
Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2014.

Abstract

Background Medical errors are particularly frequent in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) [1], increasing morbidity and mortality of newborns [2]. This category of patients requires the application of high technology and needs individualized medical prescription mainly based on body weight and gestational age[3]. The most frequent event categories are wrong medication, dose, schedule, or infusion rate; error in administration or method of using a specific treatment; patient misidentification

Details

ISSN :
18247288
Volume :
40
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e71cddb8c4c009b781b0c452974d9d9e
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-40-s2-a53