Medication double-checking procedures in clinical practice: A cross-sectional survey of oncology nurses' experiences

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Schwappach, D L B ^a,b   Pfeiffer, Yvonne ^a   Taxis, Katja ^c  

^a Swiss Patient Safety Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ONCOLOGY; patient safety

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STANDARDS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84975760659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011394     Document Type: Article

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