Prioritising the prevention of medication handling errors

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 907-915

  Bertsche, Thilo ^a   Niemann, Dorothee ^a   Mayer, Yvonne ^a   Ingram, Katrin ^a   Hoppe Tichy, Torsten ^a,b   Haefeli, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Decision making; Error detection; Germany; Knowledge; Medication errors; Prioritising; Questionnaires; Risk management; Students, pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ACC; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADDELL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CEFUROXIME; CERNEVIT; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPYRONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESOMEPRAZOLE; FLECAINIDE; LITHIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; PHENPROCOUMON; PHENYTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NEGLIGENCE; NURSING COMPETENCE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WARD;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 56549119279     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-008-9250-3     Document Type: Article

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