Successful introduction of Tallman letters to reduce medication selection errors in a hospital network

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-266

  Van de Vreede, Melita ^a,b   McRae, Amy ^d   Wiseman, Meredith ^a   Dooley, Michael J ^a,c  

^a ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

^b BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG LABELING; EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING STAFF; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY;

EID: 59849117189     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2008.tb00385.x     Document Type: Article

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