Prescribing errors in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit

• Main Authors: Ana Paula Cezar Machado (Author), Catharina Somerlate Franco Tomich (Author), Simone Franco Osme (Author), Daniela Marques de Lima Mota Ferreira (Author), Maria Angélica Oliveira Mendonça (Author), Rogério Melo Costa Pinto (Author), Nilson Penha-Silva (Author), Vânia Olivetti Steffen Abdallah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Pediatric patients, especially those admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (ICU), are highly vulnerable to medication errors. This study aimed to measure the prescription error rate in a university hospital neonatal ICU and to identify susceptible patients, types of errors, and the m...