MedicineClinical PharmacyPediatricsCritical Care MedicineCritical Care PharmacyPatient SafetyIntensive Care MedicineMedication Administration SafetyPediatric Medication AdministrationAcute Adverse EventsCritical Care SafetyInfusion SafetyInpatient Pediatric Medication SafetyPediatric E-prescribing SafetyPediatric Medication Administration SafetySerious Adverse Events
Critically ill children often require continuous intravenous infusions of life-supporting medications. The complexity of ordering such infusions makes this an error prone process, and such errors can result in serious adverse events. A CPOE system was developed and evaluated to assess its impact on the safety and efficiency of prescribing continuous medication infusions.
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