Medication event huddles: A tool for reducing adverse drug events

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-45

  Morvay, Shelly ^a   Lewe, Dorcas ^b   Stewart, Barbara ^b   Catt, Charline ^a   McClead, Richard E ^a   Brilli, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Quality Improvement ser vices Coordinators   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84892399169     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(14)40005-9     Document Type: Article

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