Medication Errors in a Swiss Cardiovascular Surgery Department: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on a Novel Medication Error Report Method

The purpose of this study was (1) to determine frequency and type of medication errors (MEs), (2) to assess the number of MEs prevented by registered nurses, (3) to assess the consequences of ME for patients, and (4) to compare the number of MEs reported by a newly developed medication error self-re...

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Main Authors: Kaspar Küng, Thierry Carrel, Brigitte Wittwer, Sandra Engberg, Natalie Zimmermann, René Schwendimann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Nursing Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/671820
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