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Dynamics (Pembroke, Ont.) · Jan 2009
National collaborative: Top five drugs reported as causing harm through medication error in pediatrics.
- Marg Colquhoun, Elaine Orrbine, Ian Sheppard, Lisa Stromquist, Christine Koczmara, Roger Cheng, Julie Greenall, Bonnie Salsman, and Shirley Sabovitch.
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada. mcolquhoun@ismp-canada.org
- Dynamics. 2009 Jan 1; 20 (4): 20-2.
AbstractThe Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC) and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) are working collaboratively to enhance the safety of pediatric medication use. Eleven CAPHC member organizations submitted data on more than 4,000 medication incidents to ISMP Canada for the period October 2005 to June 2008, 305 of which were reported as resulting in harm. From this, the top five drugs causing harm through medication error and contributing factors to the incidents were identified. In this article, we intend to inform critical care practitioners of the medication incident analyses and the collaborative pediatric patient safety initiatives underway.
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