Prevalence of medication administration errors in two medical units with automated prescription and dispensing

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-78

  Rodriguez Gonzalez, Carmen Guadalupe ^a   Herranz Alonso, Ana ^a   Martin Barbero, Maria Luisa ^a   Duran Garcia, Esther ^a   Durango Limarquez, Maria Isabel ^a   Hernández Sampelayo, Paloma ^a   Sanjurjo Saez, Maria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84856771419     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000332     Document Type: Article

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