"The Less-Than-Perfect Medication System": A Systems Approach to Improvement

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 17-22

  Hronek, Carla ^a   Bleich, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication errors; Medication systems; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; STANDARD; SYSTEMS THEORY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; SYSTEMS THEORY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036632473     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200207000-00004     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. L.T. Kohn et al., eds. To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000).
2. D. Vaughan, The Challenger Launch Decision (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996).
3. L. Bertalanffy, General Systems Theory (New York: George Braziller, 1968).