Medication safety in hospitals : medication errors and interventions to improve the medication use process
Medication errors are an unnecessary threat to patient safety. The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of medication errors and to assess the effectiveness of interventions intended to avoid medication errors in a tertiary-care hospital in Hong Kong. The epidemiology of medication er...
Main Author: | Samaranayake, Nithushi Rajitha |
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Other Authors: | Cheung, BMY |
Language: | English |
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The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193507 |
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