Open AccessMedication error in anaesthesia and critical care: A cause for concern
Author(s) -
Dilip Kothari,
Suman Lata Gupta,
Chetan Sharma,
Saroj Kothari
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.65351
Subject(s) - medication error , incidence (geometry) , medicine , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , health care , patient safety , physics , optics , economics , economic growth
Medication error is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in medical profession, and anaesthesia and critical care are no exception to it. Man, medicine, machine and modus operandi are the main contributory factors to it. In this review, incidence, types, risk factors and preventive measures of the medication errors are discussed in detail.