Medication administration in nursing homes: Pharmacists' contribution to error prevention

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Verrue, Charlotte L ^a   Mehuys, Els ^a   Somers, Annemie ^b   Van Maele, Georges ^a   Remon, Jean Paul ^a   Petrovic, Mirko ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Pharmaceutical care; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; TRAINING;

EID: 77952510187     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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