TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pediatric Medication Safety A1 - Frush, Karen S. A1 - Krug, Steven E. PY - 2015 T2 - Pediatric Patient Safety and Quality Improvement AB - Medical errors represent a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, both in the United States and throughout the world.1 Medication errors are by far the most prevalent type of medical error in all care settings, and for all patient populations,2 and as noted in a seminal article on patient safety, the most common cause of iatrogenic adverse events.3 As most medication errors are arguably preventable, strategies to promote medication safety are an essential component of patient safety and quality improvement initiatives. This chapter will address medication safety, with a focus on issues unique to the pediatric population. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105561190 ER -