Drug dispensing: sleeping on the job

Drug dispensing: sleeping on the job

When admitting a patient in the emergency department, the aim of medicine reconciliation is to ensure that important medicines are continued and that new medicines are prescribed, with a complete knowledge of what the patient is already taking. 1 Recording the drug history from individual drug boxes...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2010-10, Vol.27 (10), p.785-785
Hauptverfasser: Fordham, S, Louis, J, Duffin, W
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aged, 80 and over
Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use
diazepam
Diazepam - adverse effects
Doxazosin - therapeutic use
Drug dispensing
Humans
Hypnotics and Sedatives - adverse effects
Lethargy - etiology
Male
Medication Errors
medicines reconciliation
Prescription Drugs
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Zusammenfassung:When admitting a patient in the emergency department, the aim of medicine reconciliation is to ensure that important medicines are continued and that new medicines are prescribed, with a complete knowledge of what the patient is already taking. 1 Recording the drug history from individual drug boxes where available may help detect similar errors in the future.
ISSN:1472-0205
1472-0213
DOI:10.1136/emj.2009.081265