Drug Dose Calculator Application to Prevent Medication Errors
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چکیده
As a part of the essentials in achieving patient safety, medication errors are one most financially detrimental problems treatment process faced by health institutions. This article firstly debriefs definition error and its general classification based on process. Wrong dose calculation has become frequent errors, especially among anesthesiology-care providers. then concisely defines side effects commonly-used anesthesia drugs critical perioperative care. examines prevalence anesthesiologists investigates line between several risk factors wrong dosage calculation. Finally, this concludes with elucidation current trends drug calculators studies that aim to validate prove efficacy those applications.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAI (Jurnal Anestesiologi Indonesia)
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2089-970X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/jai.v0i0.43116