Checking it twice: An evaluation of checklists for detecting medication errors at the bedside using a chemotherapy model

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 562-567

  White, Rachel E ^a   Trbovich, Patricia L ^a   Easty, Anthony C ^b   Savage, Pamela ^a   Trip, Katherine ^a   Hyland, Sylvia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Institut pour l'utilisation securitaire des medicaments du Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHECKLIST; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STANDARD;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHECKLIST; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ONTARIO;

EID: 78650411571     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2009.032862     Document Type: Article

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