PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Richard Austin
AU  - Richard Dajda
TI  - Ancillary-written prescription errors
DP  - 1980 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 417--419
VI  - 30
IP  - 216
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/30/216/417.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/30/216/417.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1980 Jul 01; 30
AB  - Prescriptions written by 261 doctors and their ancillaries were examined for errors. Owing to the differential incidence of such errors in the two groups, socio-economic characteristics were investigated but there was little to explain the differing standards of prescription writing. However, further examination revealed a strong tendency for doctors who make errors to have ancillary staff who also make errors, and vice versa.