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Methods of Recording Prescriptions in Hospital and their Effects on Transcribed Drug Lists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. A. Watt ,
N. Dorricott ,
R. A. Y. Stewart  and
D. P. Daw
J. A. Watt
Affiliation:
Homewood Sanitarium, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; formerly Registrar in Psychiatry, Kingseat Hospital, Aberdeenshire
N. Dorricott
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill and Associated Hospitals, Aberdeen
R. A. Y. Stewart
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen and Kingseat Hospital, Aberdeenshire
D. P. Daw
Affiliation:
North Birmingham and District Hospital Management Committee, Good Hope General Hospital, Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield; formerly Principal Nursing Officer, Royal Cornhill and Kingseat Hospitals, Aberdeen
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The dangers of transcribed drug lists were emphasized in the Aitken Report (1) and by Trillwood (2). Subsequent work by Crooks (3) and by Wallace (4) has demonstrated the disturbingly high level of transcription errors in other centres.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 566 , January 1973 , pp. 65 - 70
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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