Medication errors: classification of seriousness, type, and of medications involved in the reports from a university teaching hospital

• Main Authors: Gabriella Rejane dos Santos Dalmolin (Author), Eloni Terezinha Rotta (Author), José Roberto Goldim (Author)
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• Udgivet: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Medication errors can be frequent in hospitals; these errors are multidisciplinary and occur at various stages of the drug therapy. The present study evaluated the seriousness, the type and the drugs involved in medication errors reported at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. We analyzed writ...