Standard concentrations of high alert drug infusions across paediatric acute care

• In: Hospital Pharmacy - Posters
• At: Basel (Switzerland) (2008)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-P-103
• By: VAILLANCOURT, Régis (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada)
• Co-author(s): Irwin, Danica (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, OTTAWA, Canada)
  Dalgleish, Dale (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, OTTAWA, Canada)
  Thomas, Margot (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, OTTAWA, Canada)
  Grenier, Sylvain (Canadian Armed Forces, Canada)
  Wong, Elaine (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, OTTAWA, Canada)
  Wright, Megan (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, OTTAWA, Canada)
  Sears, Margaret (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, OTTAWA, Canada)
  Doherty, Dermot (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, OTTAWA, Canada)
  Gaboury, Isabelle (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, OTTAWA, Canada)
  
• Abstract:

  Background: To reduce the risk of medication errors with high-alert drugs in paediatric patients, the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation, the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices endorses the standardization and limiting of drug concentrations available..

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