Evaluating dispensing error detection rates in a hospital pharmacy

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-43

  Facchinetti, Neil J ^a   Campbell, Gerard M ^b   Jones, Deirdre Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispensing errors; Error detection; Hospital pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONNECTICUT; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032604254     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199901000-00007     Document Type: Article

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