Preventing medication errors in community pharmacy: Root-cause analysis of transcription errors

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-290

  Knudsen, P ^a   Herborg, H ^a   Mortensen, A R ^b   Knudsen, M ^d   Hellebek, A ^c  

^a Pharmakon as   (Denmark)

^b Danish Pharmaceutical Association   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARVEDILOL; DICLON; DISULFIRAM; FENTANYL; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; INSULIN DETEMIR; LATANOPROST; LATANOPROST PLUS TIMOLOL MALEATE; METHOTREXATE; MIRTAZAPINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PERINDOPRIL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F; PROSTAGLANDIN F PLUS TIMOLOL; ROXITHROMYCIN; TIMOLOL; TRIMONIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG LABELING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HANDWRITING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS;

CAUSALITY; DENMARK; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547902890     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.022053     Document Type: Article

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