dc.contributor.author |
Webster, Craig |
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dc.contributor.author |
Anderson, DJ |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-12-17T00:52:34Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2002-08 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2002, 8 (4), pp. 176 - 183 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1322-7114 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/23828 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This paper discusses an anonymous incident reporting scheme to reduce drug administration error on the hospital ward, as part of an effective, non-punitive, systems-focused approach to safety. Drug error is costly in terms of increased hospital stay, resources consumed, patient harm, lives lost and careers ruined. Safety initiatives that focus, not on blaming individuals, but on improving the wider system in which personnel work have been adopted in a number of branches of health care. However, in nursing, blame remains the predominant approach for dealing with error, and the ward has seen little application of the systems approach to safety. Safety interventions founded on an effective incident scheme typically pay for themselves in terms of dollar savings arising from averted harm. Recent calls for greater health-care safety require finding new ways to make drug administration safer throughout the hospital, and the scope for such safety gains on the hospital ward remains considerable. |
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dc.format.medium |
Print |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
International Journal of Nursing Practice |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1322-7114/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
Humans |
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dc.subject |
Medication Errors |
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dc.subject |
Hospitals |
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dc.subject |
Risk Management |
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dc.subject |
Practice Guidelines as Topic |
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dc.subject |
Health Plan Implementation |
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dc.title |
A practical guide to the implementation of an effective incident reporting scheme to reduce medication error on the hospital ward |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1046/j.1440-172x.2002.00368.x |
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pubs.issue |
4 |
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pubs.begin-page |
176 |
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pubs.volume |
8 |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
12100674 |
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pubs.end-page |
183 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
136713 |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
School of Medicine |
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pubs.org-id |
Cent Medical & Hlth Sci Educat |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1440-172X |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2014-12-17 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
12100674 |
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