Medication prescribing errors involving the route of administration

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1053-1066

  Lesar, Timothy S ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Medication errors; Prescribing error prevention; Route of administration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; ENALAPRIL; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYZINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; KETOROLAC; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METOPROLOL; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOMENADIONE; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; RANITIDINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICATION ERROR; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33845285912     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hpj4111-1053     Document Type: Article

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