Investigating the safety of medication administration in adult critical care settings.

Mansour Mansour; Veronica James; Alison Edgley

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Investigating the safety of medication administration in adult critical care settings.

June 27, 2012

Mansour M, James V, Edgley A. Nurs Crit Care. 2012;17(4):189-97.

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This review describes how an organizational safety model developed for high-risk industries might translate to a broader understanding of safe medication administration in the hospital setting.

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