Prescribing errors during hospital inpatient care: Factors influencing identification by pharmacists

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 682-688

  Tully, Mary P ^a   Buchan, Iain E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital admission; Hospital pharmacist; Medicines reconciliation; Prescribing errors; Workload, United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 76749090481     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-009-9332-x     Document Type: Article

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