Medication errors in the emergency department: A systems approach to minimizing risk

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-158

  Peth Jr , Howard A ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOSE CALCULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERROR; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0037328124     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(02)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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