Effect of automated drug distribution systems on medication error rates in a short-stay geriatric unit

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 678-684

  Cousein, Etienne ^a,b   Mareville, Julie ^b   Lerooy, Alexandre ^b   Caillau, Antoine ^b   Labreuche, Julien ^a   Dambre, Delphine ^b   Odou, Pascal ^a,c   Bonte, Jean Paul ^a   Puisieux, François ^a,c   Decaudin, Bertrand ^a,c   Coupé, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Drug distribution system; Elderly; Medical order entry systems; Medication errors; Robotics

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS;

AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJECTION; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICINE CHEST; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OINTMENT; POWDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; ROBOTICS; VERY ELDERLY; WARD; CLASSIFICATION; FRANCE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84927786644     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12202     Document Type: Article

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