Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 1: a review of the extent and causes of medication problems 2002–2008
Open Access
- 11 August 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
- Vol. 6 (1), 18
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-8462-6-18
Abstract
This paper presents Part 1 of a two-part literature review examining medication safety in the Australian acute care setting. This review was undertaken for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to update a previous national report on medication safety conducted in 2002. This first part of the review examines the extent and causes of medication incidents and adverse drug events in acute care.Keywords
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