Investigating the safety of medication administration in adult critical care settings

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 189-197

  Mansour, Mansour ^a   James, Veronica ^b   Edgley, Alison ^c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Medication administration; Nurses; Organizational Safety Space Model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICATION ERROR; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SAFETY;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84862577109     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2012.00500.x     Document Type: Review

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