A review of medication administration errors reported in a large psychiatric hospital in the United Kingdom

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1610-1613

  Haw, Camilla Malyn ^a   Dickens, Geoff ^a   Stubbs, Jean ^a  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

FATIGUE; MEDICATION ERROR; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 29044450661     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.12.1610     Document Type: Review

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