Clinical pharmacy interventions in paediatric electronic prescriptions

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-227

  Maat, Barbara ^a   Au, Yuen San ^b   Bollen, Casper W ^c   Van Vught, Adrianus J ^c   Egberts, Toine C G ^a,b   Rademaker, Carin M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACISTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84874645234     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302817     Document Type: Article

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