Medication errors in long-term care: Part 1

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 544-564

  Grissinger, Matthew ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SAFE MEDICATION PRACTICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Confirmation bias; Consultant pharmacist; Contributing factors; Drug regimen review; Key elements; Latent failures; Medication errors; Root causes

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CELECOXIB; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; DILTIAZEM; DOXAZOSIN; GABAPENTIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUMAN INSULIN; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; INSULIN; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN LISPRO; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; ROSIGLITAZONE; TRAMADOL; TRAZODONE; TRIMETHOBENZAMIDE; VITAMIN; WARFARIN;

ACCREDITATION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CONSULTATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; ORGANIZATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

EID: 34447527807     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2007.544     Document Type: Review

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