Republished error management: Paediatric dosing errors before and after electronic prescribing

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1030, 2011, Pages 565-568

  Jani, Yogini Hariprasad ^a,b,c   Barber, Nick ^b   Wong, Ian Chi Kei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79960828100     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.033068rep     Document Type: Review

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