Drug errors and related interventions reported by united states clinical pharmacists: The american college of clinical pharmacy practice-based research network medication error detection, amelioration and prevention study

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 253-265

  Kuo, Grace M ^a,b   Touchette, Daniel R ^c   Marinac, Jacqueline S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d American College of Clinical Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacy; Drug safety epidemiology; Error reporting; Medication error; Medication safety; Patient safety; Practice based research

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HEMATOLOGIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INSULIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY; PREVENTION STUDY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIETIES, PHARMACEUTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875431547     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phar.1195     Document Type: Article

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