Double checking medicines: Defence against error or contributory factor?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 513-519

  Armitage, Gerry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contributory factors; Double checking; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64549110753     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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