Prevention of medication errors: Detection and audit

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 651-655

  Montesi, Germana ^a   Lechi, Alessandro ^a  

^a Medicina Interna C   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Clinical risk management; Incident reporting; Medication error; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERROR; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67649479568     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03422.x     Document Type: Note

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