Home care aides in the administration of medication

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-243

  Axelsson, Johan ^a   Elmstahl, Sölve ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Health manpower; Home care services; Home health aides; Medication errors; Medication systems; Quality of health care; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INSULIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; ZOLPIDEM;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; EMPLOYEE; ERROR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH ULCER; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN;

EID: 2942736877     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzh041     Document Type: Article

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