title: Avoid verbal orders.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA. spaparella@ismp.org
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paparella
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States