Barriers to emergency departments' adherence to four medication safety-related joint commission national patient safety goals

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-59

  Juarez, Altair ^a   Gacki Smith, Jessica ^b   Bauer, Mary Rose ^c   Jepsen, Dennis ^d,e   Paparella, Susan ^f   VonGoerres, Beverly ^g   Aclean, Susan ^h  

^a Research Associate

^b Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Northwest Emergency Physicians of TEAMHealth   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR SAFE MEDICATION PRACTICES   (United States)

^g CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h ENA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSES; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59849093392     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(09)35008-4     Document Type: Article

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