Raising the awareness of inpatient nursing staff about medication errors

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-190

  Elnour, Asim Ahmed ^a   Ellahham, Nagy Hassan ^a   Al Qassas, Huria Ismail ^b  

^a Health Authority Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Awareness; Clinical pharmacy; Medication errors; Nursing staff; Pharmacists; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING;

EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 39749132844     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-007-9163-6     Document Type: Article

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