Pharmacy prescription dispensing errors reported to a Regional Poison Control Center

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 919-923

  Seifert, Steven A ^a   Jacobitz, Kathy ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compounding; Dispensing; Error; Pharmacy; Poison control center; Prescription

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG OVERDOSE; ERROR; HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; POISON CENTER; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG LABELING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OVERDOSE; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036941071     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120016966     Document Type: Article

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