Paediatric prescribing errors

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-491

  Davis, Tessa ^a  

^a North Western Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INCIDENT REPORT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79954616066     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.200295     Document Type: Review

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