Prospective pilot intervention study to prevent medication errors in drugs administered to children by mouth or gastric tube: a programme for nurses, physicians and parents.

T. Bertsche; A. Bertsche; E.-M Krieg; N. Kunz; K. Bergmann; G. Hanke; T. Hoppe-Tichy; F. Ebinger; W. E. Haefeli

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Prospective pilot intervention study to prevent medication errors in drugs administered to children by mouth or gastric tube: a programme for nurses, physicians and parents.

November 2, 2010

Bertsche T, Bertsche A, Krieg E-M, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2010;19(5):e26.

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A quality improvement program successfully reduced the incidence of medication administration errors in pediatric inpatients.

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