Medication error in anaesthesia and critical care: A cause for concern
Open Access
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Medknow in Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 54 (3), 187-192
- https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.65351
Abstract
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 the medication errors are discussed in detail.Keywords
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