Harmful medication errors involving unfractionated and low-molecular-weight heparin in three patient safety reporting programs

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 195-202

  Grissinger, Matthew C ^a,b   Hicks, Rodney W ^c   Keroack, Mark A ^d   Marella, William M ^e   Vaida, Allen J ^f  

^a Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA PSRS)   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SAFE MEDICATION PRACTICES   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d University HealthSystem Consortium ^*  (United States)

^e ECRI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ISMP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HEPARIN; ITF 300; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ANTICOAGULANTS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PENNSYLVANIA; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77953378333     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(10)36032-6     Document Type: Article

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