Effects of a pharmacist-led pediatrics medication safety team on medication-error reporting

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1422-1426

  Costello, Jennifer L ^a   Torowicz, Deborah Lloyd ^b   Yeh, Timothy S ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacists; Documentation; Education; Errors, medication; Forms; Health professions; Hospitals; Interventions; Pediatrics; Reports; Team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; DRUG SAFETY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACIST; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 34347376169     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060296     Document Type: Article

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