Medication errors in an intensive care unit

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1259-1267

  Bohomol, Elena ^a   Ramos, Lais Helena ^b,c   D'Innocenzo, Maria ^c,d  

^a Sao Camilo University Center   (Brazil)

^b São Paulo Federal Universityand ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Nursing and Health Services Evaluation Studies and Research   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adults; Anonymous reports; Brazil; Healthcare professionals; Intensive care; Interviews; Medication errors; Record reviews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 65349143150     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.04979.x     Document Type: Article

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