First do no harm: Reducing medication errors in long-term care

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 49-56

  Kelly, William N ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; CELECOXIB; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CITALOPRAM; DILTIAZEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOXETINE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GUANFACINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NICARDIPINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PHENYTOIN; PROPRANOLOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUINIDINE; QUININE; SEDATIVE AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE; TIOTIXENE; TRANQUILIZER; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; WARFARIN;

COMPUTER; COST; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036105328     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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