Antiretroviral medication prescribing errors are common with hospitalization of HIV-infected patients

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 262-267

  Commers, Tessa ^a   Swindells, Susan ^a   Sayles, Harlan ^b   Gross, Alan E ^a,c,d   Devetten, Marcel ^c   Sandkovsky, Uriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Error correction; HIV medication errors

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; EFAVIRENZ PLUS EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; FOSAMPRENAVIR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; INTEGRASE INHIBITOR; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; RITONAVIR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; TENOFOVIR;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ERROR CORRECTION; HIV MEDICATION ERRORS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890420114     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt323     Document Type: Article

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