Prescription for error: Process defects in a community retail pharmacy

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 190-194

  Witte, Diane ^a   Dundes, Lauren ^a  

^a MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community retail pharmacy; Dispensing errors; Medication errors; Process defects

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749015008     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e31815a613e     Document Type: Article

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