Out-of-hospital medication errors: A 6-year analysis of the national poison data system

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1080-1085

  Shah, Kanan ^a   Barker, Kimberly A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication error; Out of hospital; Outpatient; Patient safety; Therapeutic error

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; LORATADINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; COMA; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTOXICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEIZURE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AMBULATORY CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OVERDOSE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70549086949     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1823     Document Type: Article

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