International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care
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Int J Qual Health Care · Jun 2003
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyCommon types of medication errors on long-term psychiatric care units.
This multi-center study identified the most frequent types of medication errors in long-term psychiatric care hospitals. ⋯ Wrong drug administration was the most common type of PADE, and may result in more serious consequences than others. Even a simple organizational quality improvement effort, in which printed patients' names are placed on the drug pouch (not only with each prescription but with each drug administration), could reduce risk to patients from adverse outcomes due to medication errors.
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Int J Qual Health Care · Jun 2003
Validation and application of an instrument for measuring patient relatives' perception of quality of geriatric care.
To test and validate a questionnaire concerning patient relatives' perception of the quality of geriatric care. ⋯ There is a need for a confidential patient relatives' questionnaire in geriatric care. The results revealed good questionnaire reliability and validity. The questionnaire needs to be tested in larger, independent samples in order to validate the indices further.