Simple prescribing errors and allergy documentation in medical hospital admissions in Australia and New Zealand

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-123

  Barton, Lorna ^a   Futtermenger, Judith ^b   Gaddi, Yash ^c   Kang, Angela ^d   Rivers, Jon ^b   Spriggs, David ^e   Jenkins, Paul F ^f   Thompson, Campbell H ^a   Thomas, Josephine S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Auckland City Hospital   (Australia)

^e Auckland District Health Board   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacist; Medication chart; Prescription error

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 84862584024     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-2-119     Document Type: Article

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