TY - JOUR
T1 - Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes
AU - Taylor, David McDonald
AU - Robinson, Jeffrey
AU - Macleod, Dawson
AU - MacBean, Catherine E
AU - Braitberg, George
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes. OBJECTIVE: To compare the nature of therapeutic errors made by adults in community residential units (CRU) and private homes (Home). METHODS: This was an analytical case series of therapeutic errors, involving adults, reported to the Victorian Poisons Information Centre (January 2006 to March 2007). The main outcome measures were the nature, causes and outcomes of the errors and actions taken or recommendations for avoidance. RESULTS: Ninety-seven CRU and 611 Home residents (cases) were enrolled.
AB - Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes. OBJECTIVE: To compare the nature of therapeutic errors made by adults in community residential units (CRU) and private homes (Home). METHODS: This was an analytical case series of therapeutic errors, involving adults, reported to the Victorian Poisons Information Centre (January 2006 to March 2007). The main outcome measures were the nature, causes and outcomes of the errors and actions taken or recommendations for avoidance. RESULTS: Ninety-seven CRU and 611 Home residents (cases) were enrolled.
UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122538903/abstract
U2 - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00413.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00413.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1326-0200
VL - 33
SP - 388
EP - 394
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
IS - 4
ER -