AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Analysis of medication errors in simulated pediatric resuscitation by residents.

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Analysis of medication errors in simulated pediatric resuscitation by residents.

Porter E, Barcega B, Kim TY. West J Emerg Med. 2014;15:486-490.

This study evaluated medication errors made by emergency medicine trainees participating in a simulated resuscitation of a critically ill child. A medication error was committed in more than one quarter of simulations overall, but the presence of a clinical pharmacist during the resuscitation significantly reduced errors.

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