The risks of medication errors at a pediatric hospice

• In: Poster presentation
• At: Seoul (South Korea) (2017)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-HPS-131
• By: VAILLANCOURT, Régis (Children's Hospital Of Eastern Ontario, Pharmacy, Ottawa, Canada)
• Co-author(s): Régis Vaillancourt
  Christina Vadebonceour
  Lynn GrandmaisonDumond
  Annie Pouliot
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Medication errors represent an important cause of harm for patients and a financial burden for the health care system.

  Purpose

  To identify areas for improvement for the medication administration process, by identifying potential system breaches and common causes of medications errors.

  Methods

  A Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and a

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