An intervention to reduce the use of error-prone prescribing abbreviations in the emergency department

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214-216

  Taylor, Simone E ^a   Chu, Mimi Tak Yan ^b,c   Haack, Louise A ^a   McGrath, Anne ^a   To, The Phung ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOMENCLATURE; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; RATING SCALE;

EID: 35348996019     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2007.tb00747.x     Document Type: Article

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