Severity and probability of harm of medication errors intercepted by an emergency department pharmacist

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 358-362

  Patanwala, Asad E ^a   Hays, Daniel P ^c   Sanders, Arthur B ^b   Erstad, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; medication errors; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL;

EID: 80052560772     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: 20427174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2011.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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