Improving cancer patient care with combined medication error reviews and morbidity and mortality conferences

Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 330-337

  Ranchon, Florence ^a,c   You, Benoît ^a,c   Salles, Gilles ^a,b   Vantard, Nicolas ^a   Schwiertz, Vérane ^a   Gourc, Chloé ^a   Gauthier, Noémie ^a   Guédat, Marie Gabrielle ^a   Souquet, Pierre Jean ^a   Freyer, Gilles ^a,c   Trillet Lenoir, Véronique ^a,c   Rioufol, Catherine ^a,c  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Medication error; Medication error review; Mortality morbidity conference; Oncology; Quality

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; OXALIPLATIN; TRASTUZUMAB; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGY; MORTALITY; ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84899606064     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358190     Document Type: Article

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