Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 329-335 , September 2008

Impact of a Patient-Centered Technology on Medication Errors During Pediatric Emergency Care

Received 11 October 2007 ,Accepted 2 June 2008.

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 Portions of this manuscript were presented in abstract form at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Toronto, Canada, May 5–8, 2007.

PII: S1530-1567(08)00131-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.06.003

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 329-335 , September 2008

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