Medication errors in a tertiary hospital with three different drug delivery systems;Errores de medicación en un hospital terciario con tres sistemas de distribución de medicamentos diferentes

Farmacia Hospitalaria

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-24

  Climent, C ^a   Font Noguera, I ^a   Poveda Andres J L ^a   Lopez Briz E ^a   Peiro S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b Escuela Valenciana de Estudios para la Salud Generalitat Valenciana Valencia España   (Spain)

Author keywords

Administration error; Delivery medication systems; Direct observation; Medication error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; SPAIN;

EID: 54049150848     PISSN: 11306343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-6343(08)72805-8     Document Type: Editorial

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