Educational intervention: A tool for decreasing medication errors

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-

  Navaneethan, Sankar ^a   Venkatesh, Sundar ^a   Nannapaneni, Srikant ^a   Shrivastava, Rakesh ^a  

^a UNITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DRUG; METFORMIN;

AWARENESS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; METFORMIN;

EID: 13844313904     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi009     Document Type: Letter

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