How should medication errors be defined? Development and test of a definition

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-210

  Lisby, M ^a   Nielsen, L P ^a   Brock, B ^a   Mainz, J ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Definition; medication errors; methods; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DENMARK; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84858029278     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811435489     Document Type: Article

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