A systems approach to the reduction of medication error on the hospital ward

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-41

  Anderson, David J ^a   Webster, Craig S ^b  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accidents; Anonymous incident reporting; Blame; Drug administration; Health care; Medication error; Medicine; Near misses; Nursing; Pharmacy; Safety; Systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0035408394     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01820.x     Document Type: Article

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