Anticipating, preventing and investigating medication errors

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-15

  Ferner, R E ^b   Coleman, J ^a,b  

^a Clin Pharmacology and Therapeutics

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medication errors; Risk management; Root cause analysis; Safety management; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIMAZOLE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COCODAMOL; CODYDRAMOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; DIAMORPHINE; FUROSEMIDE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; LIDOCAINE; NORADRENALIN; OMEPRAZOLE; PETHIDINE; THIORIDAZINE; TOLBUTAMIDE; VERAPAMIL; VINCRISTINE;

DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SAFETY; HOMICIDE; LETHALITY; MEDICATION ERROR; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 14644415531     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-1-12     Document Type: Review

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