Perceptions about medication errors: analysis of answers by the nursing team Percepciones acerca de los errores de medicación: análisis de respuestas del grupo de enfermería Percepções sobre o erro de medicação: análise de respostas da equipe de enfermagem

Medication error is defined as any type of error in the prescription, transcription, dispensing and administration process which could bring about serious consequences or not. This descriptive and exploratory study assesses four scenarios showing situations from nursing practice. The study group was...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elena Bohomol, Lais Helena Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2006-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692006000600009