Exploring the potential impact of hospital ward-based pharmacy interns on drug safety

Pharmazie

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 316-320

  Schorr, S G ^a   Eickhoff, C ^a   Feldt, S ^a   Hohmann, C ^b   Schulz, Martin ^a,c  

^a Department of Medicine ABDA Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists ^*  (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM FULDA   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; LEVOTHYROXINE; METFORMIN; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; WARD;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; LEGISLATION, PHARMACY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898869515     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2014.3848     Document Type: Article

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