Impact of computerized physician order entry on medication prescription errors in the intensive care unit: A controlled cross-sectional trial

Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Colpaert, Kirsten ^a   Claus, Barbara ^a   Somers, Annemie ^a   Vandewoude, Koenraad ^a   Robays, Hugo ^a   Decruyenaere, Johan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751159119     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3983     Document Type: Article

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