National and local medication error reporting systems-a survey of practices in 16 countries

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 165-176

  Holmström, Anna Riia ^a   Airaksinen, Marja ^a   Weiss, Marjorie ^b   Wuliji, Tana ^c   Chan, Xuan Hao ^d   Laaksonen, Raisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c United States Agency for International Development Georgia Tuberculosis Prevention Project   (United States)

^d CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

Author keywords

incident reporting; medication error; medication safety; patient safety; safety culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCUMENTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TIME;

CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; FEEDBACK; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICATION ERRORS; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870490307     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3182676cf3     Document Type: Review

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