Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 513-521, June 2010

Medication Errors Recovered by Emergency Department Pharmacists

  • Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1620 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02120-1613; 617-732-4825, fax 617-732-7072
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  • William Churchill, MS, RPh

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Abbie Erickson, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Kristin Munz, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Claudia A. Salzberg, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Daniel Lewinski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Rita Shane, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Roshanak Aazami, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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  • John Patka, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
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  • Rondell Jaggers, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
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  • Aaron Steffenhagen, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
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  • Steve Rough, MS, RPh

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
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  • David W. Bates, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Received 11 June 2009; received in revised form 19 September 2009 and 14 October 2009; accepted 21 October 2009. published online 11 December 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

 Author contributions: JMR, WC, JDS, RS, JP, RJ, AS, SR, and DWB conceived the study, designed the trial, and obtained research funding. JMR, WC, AE, KM, RS, RA, JP, RJ, AS, and SR supervised conduct of the data collection. JMR, CAS, AE, KM, CAS, DL, RS, RA, and JP supervised the observations and primary data collection, including quality control. JMR, JDS, RS, JP, and AS participated in the incident reviews. JMR, WC, JDS, CAS, RS, JP, and AS analyzed and interpreted the data. JMR drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. JMR takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This study was supported by a grant from the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation.

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 Publication date: Available online December 11, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01652-7

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.10.012

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 513-521, June 2010

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