Decimals are especially concerning in pediatrics because they are easily generated from weight-based dose calculations, especially with patients weighing less than 1 kg. Without vigilant encouragement ...

Researchers conducted a study analyzing how the usability of EHRs contributed to medication errors in pediatric patients and found 36 percent of patients had an EHR usability issue that led to a ...

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Two new studies from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center show that computerizing ordering of chemotherapy and other types of intravenous drug infusions for children greatly reduces the risk of ...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medications specifically made for adults and administered to children in health care facilities are putting young patients at greater risk ...

Recommendations to prevent MEs in the pediatric inpatient setting have been provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs and the Committee on Hospital Care, [52] the Institute for ...