Moving toward safer practice: reducing medication errors in neonatal care.
Medication errors are a concern in all areas of health care, including neonatal units. In order to reduce errors and move toward safer practice, it is essential for clinicians to focus less on assigning blame to individuals and more on how these problems occurred. Only then will we fully understand the contributing factors and comprehensively address the reduction of medication errors. This article examines historical perspectives, contributing factors, and strategies for developing safer practice in neonatal care.
Lefrak
Linda
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Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, California, USA.
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000592:standards*; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000592:standards; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012308:Risk Management / Q000592:standards; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States