Identifying the latent failures underpinning medication administration errors: An exploratory study

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1437-1459

  Lawton, Rebecca ^a   Carruthers, Sam ^a   Gardner, Peter ^a   Wright, John ^b   McEachan, Rosie R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

latent failures; medication errors; patient safety; Psychology; ward climate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MANAGER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; WARD; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84863715679     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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