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

Maximilian Hartel; Lukas P Staub; Christoph Röder; Stefan Eggli

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

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High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process. / Hartel, Maximilian; Staub, Lukas P; Röder, Christoph; Eggli, Stefan.

in: BMC HEALTH SERV RES, Jahrgang 11, 2011, S. 199.

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Hartel, M, Staub, LP, Röder, C & Eggli, S 2011, 'High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process.', BMC HEALTH SERV RES, Jg. 11, S. 199. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21851620?dopt=Citation>

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Hartel, M., Staub, L. P., Röder, C., & Eggli, S. (2011). High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process. BMC HEALTH SERV RES, 11, 199. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21851620?dopt=Citation

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Hartel M, Staub LP, Röder C, Eggli S. High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process. BMC HEALTH SERV RES. 2011;11:199.

Bibtex

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title = "High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process.",

abstract = "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.",

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issn = "1472-6963",

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RIS

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AU - Eggli, Stefan

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