The incidence and nature of prescribing and medication administration errors in paediatric inpatients

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-118

  Ghaleb, Maisoon Abdullah ^a   Barber, Nick ^a   Franklin, Bryony Dean ^a,b   Wong, Ian Chi Kei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; INCIDENCE; INCIDENT REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77149138787     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.158485     Document Type: Article

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