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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 89:F480-F482 doi:10.1136/adc.2003.044438
  • Medication errors

Reducing medication errors in the neonatal intensive care unit

Table 2

 Medication errors per 1000 neonatal activity days

Month Intensive care activity (days) Special care activity (days) Total activity (days) Medication errors per 1000 neonatal activity days
January 236 398 634 23.7
New junior medical staff started
February 234 435 669 23.9
March 190 528 718 26.5
April 223 359 582 22.3
Interventions started
May 278 283 561 8.9
June 205 419 624 4.8
July 189 428 617 1.6
New junior medical staff started
August 197 391 588 13.6
September 159 391 508 17.7
October 230 316 546 11.0
November 190 383 573 8.7
December 137 375 512 9.8

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