Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: " Medication errors: a prospective cohort study of hand-written and computerised p

Medication errors (MEs) in the intensive care unit (ICU) are common and can arise from a number of causes. A large study from two tertiary care hospitals reported the error rate was highest in medical ICUs (19.4 per 100 patient days), particularly at the prescribing stage, which accounted for 56% of errors detected [1]. The National Health Service Plan in the UK [2] states that 75% of hospitals should have implemented electronic patient record systems by 2004 in order to make information available at the point of need.