Transcription errors observed in a teaching hospital

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-175

  Fahimi, Fanak ^a   Nazari, Mohammad Abbasi ^a   Abrishami, Ramin ^b   Sistanizad, Mohammad ^a   Mazidi, Talya ^b   Faghihi, Toktam ^b   Soltani, Rasoul ^c   Baniasadi, Shadi ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Medication error; Patient chart; Physician order; Transcription error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649774393     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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