Errors in medicine administration - profile of medicines: knowing and preventing Perfil de medicamentos envueltos en errores de administración: conocer para prevenir Perfil de medicamentos envolvidos com erros de administração: conhecer para prevenir

OBJECTIVES: To describe the pharmacological characteristics of medicines involved in administration errors and determine the frequency of errors with potentially dangerous medicines and low therapeutic index, in clinical units of five teaching hospitals, in Brazil. METHODS: Multicentric study, descr...

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Main Authors: Adriano Max Moreira Reis, Tatiane Cristina Marques, Simone Perufo Opitz, Ana Elisa Bauer de Camargo Silva, Fernanda Raphael Escobar Gimenes, Thalyta Cardoso Alux Teixeira, Rhanna Emanuela Fontenele Lima, Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de São Paulo 2010-04-01
Series:Acta Paulista de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002010000200005