Patient safety during medication administration: The influence of organizational and individual variables on unsafe work practices and medication errors

Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 444-456

  Fogarty, G J ^a   Mckeon, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medication errors; Patient safety; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HOSPITALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICATION ERROR; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCESS MONITORING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPONSIBILITY; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; VARIANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MORALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUEENSLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33744818512     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130600568410     Document Type: Article

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