title: [Drug safety in the hospital].
abstract: Worldwide attention to problems with drug-related malpractice in hospitals has gained growing interest. Several studies have been carried out aiming at the identification of sources for errors and the reduction of the error rate. The presented study was performed on to answer the question, whether and how effectively drug-related activities in hospitals can be influenced by competent pharmaceutic knowledge, in order to enhance security during therapy and to promote rational and economic pharmacotherapy and interdisciplinary collaboration between physician, nursing staff and pharmacist.
authors.affiliation: Kantonsspitalapotheke Basel.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kreppelt
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*
vernacular_title: Medikationssicherheit im Spital.