USP <800> approaching quickly: Safety is priority
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USP Medication Safety Forum
Within the past decade medication errors have emerged as a significant patient safety concern and have been shown to account for up to 7,000 deaths per year. 1 One intervention aimed at reducing the incidence of medication errors is improving written or electronic communications, particularly in patient medical charts. In 2004 The Joint Commission introduced the “Do Not Use” list of abbreviatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacy Today
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1042-0991
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptdy.2017.06.030