Prescribing errors resulting in adverse drug events: How can they be prevented?

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-493

  Thürmann, Petra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse drug event (ADE); Computer assisted prescribing; Prescribing error; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIGOXIN; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; THEOPHYLLINE; WARFARIN;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 33749135035     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.5.4.489     Document Type: Editorial

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