Preventing harm from high-alert medications

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 537-542

  Federico, Frank ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548713666     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33057-2     Document Type: Article

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