Preventing Harm: Enhancing Pediatric Emergency Care

[...]the recent Institute of Medicine report on the Future of Emergency Care acknowledges a high rate of medication errors in the pediatric ED and recommends focused efforts in this area to improve patient safety in pediatric emergency care. [...]Sorrel King poignantly describes her experience as a...

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Published inClinical pediatric emergency medicine Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 213 - 214
Main Authors Frush, Karen S., Hohenhaus, Susan M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Maryland Heights Elsevier Inc 01.12.2006
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Behavior
Emergency medical care
Hospitals
Leadership
Medical errors
Medicine
Nurses
Patient safety
Pediatrics
Physicians
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Summary:[...]the recent Institute of Medicine report on the Future of Emergency Care acknowledges a high rate of medication errors in the pediatric ED and recommends focused efforts in this area to improve patient safety in pediatric emergency care. [...]Sorrel King poignantly describes her experience as a mother who lost her young child to a medical error.
ISSN:1522-8401
1558-2310
DOI:10.1016/j.cpem.2006.08.005