The incidence and nature of prescribing and medication administration errors in paediatric inpatients.

Maisoon Ghaleb; Nick Barber; Bryony Dean Franklin; Ian Chi Kei Wong

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The incidence and nature of prescribing and medication administration errors in paediatric inpatients.

March 5, 2010

Ghaleb M, Barber N, Franklin BD, et al. Arch Dis Child. 2010;95(2):113-8.

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This study found a high incidence of medication prescribing and administration errors at five pediatric hospitals in the United Kingdom.

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