Medication Errors: Medication Orders with Error-Prone Abbreviations
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Avoiding Potential Medication Errors Associated with Non-intuitive Medication Abbreviations.
BACKGROUND Pharmaceutical companies use a variety of abbreviations to denote short- and long-acting medications. Errors involving the administration of these medications are frequently reported. OBJECTIVES To evaluate comprehension rates for abbreviations used to denote short- and long-acting medications and to evaluate whether changes to medication labels could reduce potential errors in the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nursing & Care
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2167-1168
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000196