An analysis of medication errors: Look alike and sound alike names

International Journal of Trauma Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-24

  Carothers, Nancy B ^a,b  

^a US Pharmacopeia   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NOMENCLATURE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT;

HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032617902     PISSN: 10754210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-4210(99)90080-9     Document Type: Article

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3. United States Pharmacopeial Convention. Stop, Look & Listen! USP Quality Review, No 49. USP, Inc. Rockville (MD) USP; 1995.
4. United States Pharmacopeia. Advice for the patient. Drug information in lay language, vol II (index). Rockville (MD):USP; 1998.p. 1-70.