Medication Safety in Oncology Care: Mapping Checking Procedures From Prescription to Administration of Chemotherapy | Zendy

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Medication Safety in Oncology Care: Mapping Checking Procedures From Prescription to Administration of Chemotherapy

Author(s) -

Yvonne Pfeiffer,

Stephan Gut,

David Schwappach

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of oncology practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.555

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1935-469X

pISSN - 1554-7477

DOI - 10.1200/jop.2017.026427

Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacy , medical prescription , protocol (science) , consistency (knowledge bases) , medline , patient safety , ambulatory , medical emergency , nursing , family medicine , health care , alternative medicine , computer science , pathology , artificial intelligence , political science , law , economics , economic growth

To increase medication safety in oncology, checking procedures are increasingly applied by nurses, physicians, and pharmacists. However, little is known about the number, types, and consistency of implemented checks. The aim of the study was to assess the number and types of different checking procedures that are performed along the lifecycle of a chemotherapy prescription across three hospitals, different care settings, administration routes, and professional groups.

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