Toward development of a computer-based methodology for evaluating and reducing medication administration errors

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1151-1168

  Seals, Amanda Boone ^a   Duffy, Vincent G ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Health care ergonomics; Instruction format medication administration errors; Multiple resource hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DRUG THERAPY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE ERGONOMICS; INSTRUCTION FORMAT MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS; MULTIPLE RESOURCE HYPOTHESIS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CAREGIVER; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICINE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27744454241     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500193566     Document Type: Article

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