Insulin medication error reduction: A quality improvement initiative. A medication error reduction programs lead to increased compliance with correct insulin prescribing and transcription practices

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Kowiatek, J ^a   Skledar, S ^a   Potoski, B ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Insulin; Medication errors; Multidisciplinary; Prescribing; Quality improvement; Transcribing

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; ERROR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 0034972422     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001857870103600609     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. ASHP guidelines on preventing medication errors in hospitals
2. Preface
3. Adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality
4. The costs of adverse events in hospitalized patients
5. High-alert medications: Safeguarding against errors