The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 160-166 , February 2009

Assessing Controlled Substance Prescribing Errors in a Pediatric Teaching Hospital: An Analysis of the Safety of Analgesic Prescription Practice in the Transition From the Hospital to Home

  • Benjamin H. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Pediatric Pain Treatment Service, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Christoph U. Lehmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Christoph U. Lehmann, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Nelson 2-133, 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
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  • Eric V. Jackson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Pediatric Pain Treatment Service, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Sabine Kost-Byerly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Pediatric Pain Treatment Service, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Sharon Rothman

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Pain Treatment Service, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Lori Kozlowski

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Pain Treatment Service, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Marlene R. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Peter J. Pronovost

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Myron Yaster

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Pediatric Pain Treatment Service, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland

Received 22 May 2008 ,Revised 1 August 2008 ,Accepted 9 August 2008.

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PII: S1526-5900(08)00727-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.08.004

The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 160-166 , February 2009

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