Seven safety measures to reduce medication administration errors in paediatric intensive care unit

• In: Poster presentation
• At: Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2016)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-HPS-003
• By: AMEER, Ahmed (University of Hertfordshire, Pharmacy, Hatfield, United Kingdom)
• Co-author(s): Ahmed Ameer:|Soraya Dhillon :Pharmacy,University of Hertfordshire,Hatfield,United Kingdom|Mark Peters:PICU,Great Ormond Street Hospital,London,United Kingdom|Maisoon Ghaleb:Pharmacy,University of Hertfordshire,Hatfield,United Kingdom
  
• Abstract:

  The increased risk of medication errors in children undergoing hospital care is well documented, largely attributed to the complexity of treatments and small body size. The evidence for effective interventions however is significantly lacking.
  

   

  
   

  Online questionnaires were sent to PICU staff at twenty-eight hospitals in the UK. Participants were

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