High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process

BACKGROUND: Medication errors have been reported to be a leading cause of death in hospitalized patients. In this study we focused on identifying and quantifying errors in the handwritten drug ordering and dispensing documentation processes which could possibly lead to adverse drug events. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Hartel, Maximilian J, Staub, Lukas P, Röder, Christoph, Eggli, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21851620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-199

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21851620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-199

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