The relationship between incidence and report of medication errors and working conditions

International Nursing Review

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-44

  Joolaee, S ^a   Hajibabaee, F ^b   Peyrovi, H ^a   Haghani, H ^a   Bahrani, N ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hospital working conditions; Iran; Medication error; Nursing; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79551501396     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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