Interventions for reducing medication errors in children in hospital

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Soe, Aung ^a   Apampa, Bugewa ^b   Fernando, Bernard ^c   Maaskant, Jolanda M ^d   Neubert, Antje ^e   Thayyil, Sudhin ^f   Vermeulen, Hester ^d   Ghaleb, Maisoon A ^g  

^a MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDWAY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85029352303     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006208.pub2     Document Type: Article

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