Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 522-526, June 2010

A Prospective Observational Study of Medication Errors in a Tertiary Care Emergency Department

  • Asad E. Patanwala, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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  • Terri L. Warholak, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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  • Arthur B. Sanders, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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  • Brian L. Erstad, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Brian L. Erstad, PharmD, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, 1295 N Martin, PO Box 210202, Tucson, AZ 85721-0207; 520-694-5600, fax 520-626-7355

Received 23 October 2009; received in revised form 18 November 2009; accepted 11 December 2009. published online 15 January 2010.

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 Please see page 523 for the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

 Author contributions: AEP, TLW, ABS, and BLE conceived and designed the study. AEP performed all data collection. AEP and BLE conducted data analysis and drafted the article. TLW and ABS contributed substantially to its revision. AEP 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 research was supported by a junior investigator grant from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Publication date: Available online January 15, 2010.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01837-X

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.12.017

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 522-526, June 2010

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