Medication errors: the impact of prescribing and transcribing errors on preventable harm in hospitalised patients.

BACKGROUND: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these errors can lead to preventable adverse drug events (pADEs), it is important to know what type of ME is the most prevalent cause of these pADEs. This study determined the impact of the various types of pr...

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Published in:	Quality & Safety in Health Care Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 22 - 28
Main Authors:	van Doormaal JE, van den Bemt PML, Mol PGM, Zaal RJ, Egberts ACG, Haaijer-Ruskamp FM, Kosterink JGW
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group Feb2009
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost