Ethnographic study of incidence and severity of intravenous drug errors

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7391, 2003, Pages 684-687

  Taxis, Katja ^a,b   Barber, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; DRUG THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037471825     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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