Incident study of medication errors in drug use processes: prescription, transcription, validation, preparation, dispensing and administering in the hospital environment;Estudio de incidencia de los errores de medicación en los procesos de utilización del medicamento: prescripción, transcripción, validación, preparación, dispensación y administración en el ámbito hospitalario

Farmacia Hospitalaria

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 257-268

  Pastó Cardona, Lourdes ^a   Masuet Aumatell, C ^a   Bara Olivan B ^b   Castro Cels, I ^c   Clopes Estela A ^a   Paez Vives F ^d   Schonenberger Arnaiz J A ^e   Gorgas Torner, M Q ^f   Codina Jane C ^f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d Hospital Comarcal Mora d'Ebre   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^f Societat Catalana de Farmàcia Clínica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Administration errors; Consequences of the errors; Dispensing errors; Hospital medication errors; Prescription errors; Transcription errors

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG USE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 70350434476     PISSN: 11306343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-6343(09)72465-1     Document Type: Editorial

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