Assessment of legibility and completeness of handwritten and electronic prescriptions

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 522-527

  Albarrak, Ahmed I ^a   Al Rashidi, Eman Abdulrahman ^a   Fatani, Rwaa Kamil ^a   Al Ageel, Shoog Ibrahim ^a   Mohammed, Rafiuddin ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Electronic prescription; Handwritten prescription; Legibility; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HANDWRITTEN PRESCRIPTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84920692150     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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