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February 29, 20241 citations

A comprehensive study of prescribing, administering and drug handling medication errors in ten wards of a university hospital after implementation of electronic prescribing, clinical pharmacists or medication reconciliation.

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JSJames SchusterCalifornia University of PennsylvaniaASA SaddawiUniversity Hospital LeipzigAFArthur W. FrischVirginia Cancer Institute

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Abstract

Medication errors lead to preventable risks. Preventing strategies such as e-prescribing, clinical pharmacists and medication reconciliation have been implemented in recent years. However, information on long-term medication error rates in routine procedures is missing.

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Schuster et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e76e6eb6db6435876e4508https://doi.org/10.1691/ph.2024.3579
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