American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 304-309, March 2010

ED overcrowding is associated with an increased frequency of medication errors☆

Advocate Christ Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oak Lawn, IL 60453, USA

Received 6 November 2008; received in revised form 8 December 2008; accepted 9 December 2008. published online 08 February 2010.

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☆ The Emergency Medicine Foundation provided support through an Emergency Medicine Basic Research Skills workshop grant for a related study from which a portion of our data was obtained.

 Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting held in Washington, DC, May, 2008.

PII: S0735-6757(08)00831-0

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2008.12.014

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 304-309, March 2010

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