Development and testing of an observational method for detecting medication administration errors using information technology

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 146, Issue , 2009, Pages 429-433

  Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Woods, Amanda ^a  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computers; Interruptions; Medication errors; Nurses; Observation; PDA

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; ERRORS; NURSING; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; DATA COLLECTION SOFTWARE; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; INTERRUPTIONS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OBSERVATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

DATA ACQUISITION;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSING; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OBSERVATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349572287     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-024-7-429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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