Medication error in New Zealand - Time to act

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1272, 2008, Pages

  Merry, Alan F ^a   Webster, Craig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; DOXAPRAM; MAGNESIUM;

AMPOULE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; HARM REDUCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NEW ZEALAND; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 42949158309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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