Effect of pharmacists on medication errors in an emergency department

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-333

  Brown, Jamie N ^a   Barnes, Connie L ^b   Beasley, Beth ^c   Cisneros, Robert ^d   Pound, Melanie ^d   Herring, Charles ^d  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cape Fear Valley Health System Cancer Center   (United States)

^d CU ^*

Author keywords

Errors, medication; Hospitals; Interventions; Medication orders; Pharmaceutical services; Pharmacists, hospital; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39549102004     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp070391     Document Type: Article

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