Survey of dispensing error practices in community pharmacies in Finland: A nationwide study

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 604-610

  Teinilä, Tuula ^a   Gron̈roos, Virpi ^b   Airaksinen, Marja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Pharmacy of Somero   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Error reporting; International pharmacy; Medication errors; Medication safety; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACIES; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77649196571     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08075     Document Type: Article

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