Tuesday, April 28, 2009

CMAJ Review : Medication Errors in Critical Care

Medication errors in critical care: risk factors, prevention and disclosure
E. Camiré, E. Moyen, H.T. Stelfox

Checking and comparing medications on admission and discharge from intensive care units may reduce medication errors in critical care. Involving pharmacists in inpatient rounds may also decrease adverse drug events. These are 2 of the approaches suggested by Camiré and colleagues in their review.


A full PDF of this review can be accessed here: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/9/942

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