Medication error in anaesthesia and critical care: A cause for concern

Medication error is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in medical profession, and anaesthesia and critical care are no exception to it. Man, medicine, machine and modus operandi are the main contributory factors to it. In this review, incidence, types, risk factors and preventive measures of t...

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Published in:	Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Main Authors:	Dilip Kothari, Suman Gupta, Chetan Sharma, Saroj Kothari
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Subjects:	Adverse drug event drug error medication error
Online Access:	http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2010;volume=54;issue=3;spage=187;epage=192;aulast=Kothari

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