Medication errors: The impact of prescribing and transcribing errors on preventable harm in hospitalised patients

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Van Doormaal, J E ^a   Van Den Bemt, P M L A ^b,c   Mol, P G M ^a   Zaal, R J ^d   Egberts, A C G ^b,e   Haaijer Ruskamp, F M ^a   Kosterink, J G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 61849159755     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.023812     Document Type: Article

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