Quality improvements in decreasing medication administration errors made by nursing staff in an academic medical center hospital: a trend analysis during the journey to Joint Commission International accreditation and in the post-accreditation era.

Background: Medication errors may occur during prescribing, transcribing, prescription auditing, preparing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring. Medication administration errors (MAEs) are those that actually reach patients and remain a threat to patient safety. The Joint Commission Internati...

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Publicado en:Therapeutics & Clinical Risk Management Vol. 11; pp. 393 - 407
Autores principales: Wang, Hua-Fen, Jin, Jing-Fen, Feng, Xiu-Qin, Huang, Xin, Zhu, Ling-Ling, Zhao, Xiao-Ying, Zhou, Quan
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Dove Medical Press Ltd 2015
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