Medication safety infrastructure in critical-access hospitals in Florida

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 442-450

  Winterstein, Almut G ^a   Hartzema, Abraham G ^a   Johns, Thomas E ^b   De Leon, Jessica M ^b   McDonald, Kathie ^c   Henshaw, Zak ^c   Pannell, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Florida Med Quality Assurance Inc   (United States)

^d FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Compounding; Data collection; Drug information; Drug use; Errors, medication; Formularies; Hospitals; Medication orders; Patient information; Protocols; Quality assurance; Sterile products; Storage; Technology; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33644678703     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp050345     Document Type: Article

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