Bringing patients' own medications into an emergency department by ambulance: effect on prescribing accuracy when these patients are admitted to hospital.
Chan EW, Taylor SE, Marriott JL, et al. Bringing patients' own medications into an emergency department by ambulance: effect on prescribing accuracy when these patients are admitted to hospital. Med J Aust. 2009;191(7):374-7.
Patients who had their own medications brought with them to the emergency department had a significantly lower incidence of medication errors at the time of admission to the hospital.
Chan EW, Taylor SE, Marriott JL, et al. Bringing patients' own medications into an emergency department by ambulance: effect on prescribing accuracy when these patients are admitted to hospital. Med J Aust. 2009;191(7):374-7.