A systematic approach of tracking and reporting medication errors at a tertiary care university hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 673-679

  Khowaja, Khurshid ^a   Nizar, Rozmin ^a   Merchant, Rashida J ^a   Dias, Jacqueline ^a   Bustamante Gavino, Irma ^a   Malik, Amina ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Associate error rate; Medication error rate; Nurse; Pharmacist; Physician

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; PAKISTAN; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; SAMPLE SIZE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 52949118465     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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