ICU patients at risk for preventable errors. AHRQ study puts spotlight on adverse events.
More than 90% of events occurred during routine care. Most common medication error involved giving patients the wrong dose. Surprisingly, most of the errors involved lapses of care, which are more readily preventable.
D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States