Predictors of prescription errors involving anticancer chemotherapy agents

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1192-1199

  Ranchon, Florence ^a   Moch, Céline ^a   You, Benoît ^a   Salles, Gilles ^a   Schwiertz, Vérane ^a   Vantard, Nicolas ^a   Franchon, Emilie ^a   Dussart, Claude ^b   Henin, Emilie ^c   Colomban, Olivier ^c   Girard, Pascal ^c   Freyer, Gilles ^a   Rioufol, Catherine ^a  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b HIA Desgenettes   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic drugs; Medication error; Quality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860477373     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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