Clinical pharmacy services, hospital pharmacy staffing, and medication errors in United States hospitals

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 134-147

  Bond, C A ^a   Raehl, Cynthia L ^a   Franke, Todd ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; DIGOXIN; FAMOTIDINE; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; INSULIN; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PETHIDINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED STATES;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036156550     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.22.3.134.33551     Document Type: Article

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