Medication errors at the administration stage in an intensive care unit
Intensive Care MedicinePublished 13 April 1999
Edgar Tissot, C. Cornette, Pascal Demoly, Micheline Jacquet, F Barale, Gilles Capellier
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According to this first observation-based study of medication administration errors in a European ICU, these errors were due to deficiencies in the overall organisation of the hospital medication track, in patient follow-up and in staff training.
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According to this first observation-based study of medication administration errors in a European ICU, these errors were due to deficiencies in the overall organisation of the hospital medication track, in patient follow-up and in staff training.
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