The validation of an existing method of scoring the severity of medication administration errors for use in German

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 236-239

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalisability theory; Germany; Medication administration errors; Methodology; Severity assessment; Subjective assessment; Validity; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; MEDICATION ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0037637699     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021521014172     Document Type: Article

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