Patient Safety in Drug Therapy and the Influence of the Prescription in Dose Errors Seguridad del paciente en la terapéutica medicamentosa y la influencia de la prescripción médica en los errores de dosis Segurança do paciente na terapêutica medicamentosa e a influência da prescrição médica nos erros de dose

• Main Authors: Fernanda Raphael Escobar Gimenes (Author), Maria Ludermiller Sabóia Mota (Author), Thalyta Cardoso Alux Teixeira (Author), Ana Elisa Bauer de Camargo Silva (Author), Simone Perufo Opitz (Author), Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aims of this study were to analyze the redaction of the prescription in dose errors that occurred in general medical units of five Brazilian hospitals and to identify the pharmacological classes involved in these errors. This was a descriptive study that used secondary data obtained from a multi...