Medication Errors in the Operating Room: Lack of Class 1 Evidence and Necessity for Further Studies Attempting to Reduce Them

: Journal of Anesthesia & Critical Care: Open Access
: Ekaterini Christina Tampaki^1,2*, Athanasios Tampakis³, Konstantinos Kontzoglou¹, Efstratios Patsouris⁴ and Gregory Kouraklis¹
Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
: Athanasios Tampakis, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland
: Konstantinos Kontzoglou, Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
: Efstratios Patsouris, Department of Pathology, Laiko General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
: Gregory Kouraklis, Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

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Keywords

Medication error, Medication safety, Operating room, Anesthesia, Class 1 evidence