Incorrect route of drug administration: analysis of spontaneous medication error reports in children and adolescents
Background: The unintended incorrect route of drug administration (IRODA) of a medicinal product, e.g., intravenous instead of oral, can lead to serious adverse drug reactions (ADR). Individual cases of such IRODA in children and adolescents have been described in the literature [ref:1] but [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
Institutions
- Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (DE)
- Zimmer Biomet (Netherlands) (NL)
- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (DE)
- Institut für Medizinische Biometrie, Informatik und Epidemiologie (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
- Published
- 2024-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3205/24gaa05
- Primary Topic
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00