Appropriate use of dose administration aids

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 46-50

  Elliott, Rohan A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug labelling; Medication errors; Medication reviews; Patient adherence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEVICES; DOSE ADMINISTRATION AID; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG STABILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHARMACY;

EID: 84897939029     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2014.020     Document Type: Article

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