Clinical Review: Medication Errors in Critical Care

Overview

Journal Crit Care

Specialty Critical Care

Date 2008 Apr 1

PMID 18373883

Citations 72

Authors

Eric Moyen

Eric Camire

Henry Thomas Stelfox

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Abstract

Medication errors in critical care are frequent, serious, and predictable. Critically ill patients are prescribed twice as many medications as patients outside of the intensive care unit (ICU) and nearly all will suffer a potentially life-threatening error at some point during their stay. The aim of this article is to provide a basic review of medication errors in the ICU, identify risk factors for medication errors, and suggest strategies to prevent errors and manage their consequences.

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