Medication dispensing errors at a public pediatric hospital Errores de despacho de medicamentos en un hospital público pediátrico Erros de dispensação de medicamentos em um hospital público pediátrico

OBJECTIVE: assess the safety of medication dispensing processes through the dispensing error rate. METHOD: Cross-sectional study carried out at a pharmaceutical service of a pediatric hospital in Espírito Santo, Brazil. Data collection was performed between August and September 2006, totaling 2620 p...

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Main Authors: Lindemberg Assunção Costa, Cleidenete Valli, Angra Pimentel Alvarenga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-10-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692008000500003