Impact of clinical pharmacists in the emergency department of an Australian public hospital: A before and after study

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 232-238

  Proper, John S ^a   Wong, Annie ^a   Plath, Alice E ^a   Grant, Kirsty A ^a,b   Just, Derek W ^a   Dulhunty, Joel M ^c  

^a REDCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medication safety; Pharmacist; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PHARMACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84929577633     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12384     Document Type: Article

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