Evaluation of drug administration errors in a teaching hospital

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Berdot, Sarah ^a,b   Sabatier, Brigitte ^a,c   Gillaizeau, Florence ^c   Caruba, Thibaut ^a,d   Prognon, Patrice ^a,e   Durieux, Pierre ^a,b,c,d  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Direct observation; Hospital care; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHARMACIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857974398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-60     Document Type: Article

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