The third global patient safety challenge: Tackling medication-related harm

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Sheikh, Aziz ^a   Dhingra Kumar, Neelam ^b   Kelley, Edward ^b   Kieny, Marie Paule ^b   Donaldson, Liam J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; NARCOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM; SEDATIVE AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEATH; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPHARMACY; RISK REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85026809845     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.17.198002     Document Type: Editorial

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