Types and severity of medication errors in Iran; A review of the current literature

DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mansouri, Ava ^a   Ahmadvand, Alireza ^b   Hadjibabaie, Molouk ^c,d   Kargar, Mona ^c   Javadi, Mohammadreza ^c   Gholami, Kheirollah ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d not available   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dispensing; Drug administration; Drug use errors; Iran; Medication errors; Nursing staff; Patient safety; Pharmacists; Prescribing; Transcribing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CINAHL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; IRAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDLINE; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84879614351     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: 20082231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2008-2231-21-49     Document Type: Article

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