How many hospital pharmacy medication dispensing errors go undetected?

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-80

  Cina, Jennifer L ^a   Gandhi, Tejal K ^b   Churchill, William ^b   Fanikos, John ^b   McCrea, Michelle ^b   Mitton, Patricia ^b   Rothschild, Jeffrey M ^b   Featherstone, Erica ^b   Keohane, Carol ^c   Bates, David W ^b   Poon, Eric G ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of General Medicine and Primary Care   (Australia)

^c Center of Excellence for Patient Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERROR; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BOSTON; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646928977     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(06)32010-7     Document Type: Article

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