Barriers to reporting medication errors: a measurement equivalence perspective.

Jason Etchegaray; Terry Throckmorton

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Barriers to reporting medication errors: a measurement equivalence perspective.

October 6, 2010

Etchegaray J, Throckmorton T. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(6):e14.

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This study examines the reliability of a survey instrument used to measure nurses' perception of barriers to medication error reporting.

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