Medication errors: definitions and classification
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Adverse drug events and medication errors: detection and classification methods.
Investigating the incidence, type, and preventability of adverse drug events (ADEs) and medication errors is crucial to improving the quality of health care delivery. ADEs, potential ADEs, and medication errors can be collected by extraction from practice data, solicitation of incidents from health professionals, and patient surveys. Practice data include charts, laboratory, prescription data, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0306-5251,1365-2125
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03415.x