Medication error reporting by community pharmacists in Vermont

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 434-438

  Kennedy, Amanda G ^a   Littenberg, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Community pharmacists; Error reporting; Medication errors; Patient safety; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; ETHICS, PHARMACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACOPOEIAS; TIME FACTORS; VERMONT;

EID: 16544375487     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/1544345041475724     Document Type: Article

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