Assessing and monitoring override medications in automated dispensing devices

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 309-317

  Kowiatek, Joanne G ^a   Weber, Robert J ^b   Skledar, Susan J ^c   Frank, Susan ^d   DeVita, Michael ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics ^*

^c Drug Use and Disease State Management   (United States)

^d Patient Care Services Division

^e Critical Care Medicine and Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33745461846     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(06)32040-5     Document Type: Article

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