USP medication safety forum: Errors prevented by and associated with bar-code medication administration systems

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 293-301

  Cochran, Gary L ^a   Jones, Katherine J ^b   Brockman, John ^c   Skinner, Anne ^b   Hicks, Rodney W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DATA BASE; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DATABASES; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247547352     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(07)33034-1     Document Type: Article

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