The impact of abbreviations on patient safety

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 576-583

  Brunetti, Luigi ^a,b   Santell, John P ^c   Hicks, Rodney W ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

^d Patient Safety Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERROR; NOMENCLATURE; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ABBREVIATIONS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548751956     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33062-6     Document Type: Article

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