Medication errors: What hospital reports reveal about staff views

Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 32-37

  Härkänen, Marja ^a   Turunen, Hannele ^a,b   Saano, Susanna ^b   Vehviläinen Julkunen, Katri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Medication errors; Patient safety; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FINLAND; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880175150     PISSN: 13545760     EISSN: 20478976     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nm2013.03.19.10.32.e1010     Document Type: Article

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