Medication reconciliation as a strategy for preventing medication errors

ABSTRACT One of the current barriers proposed to avoid possible medication errors, and consequently harm to patients, is the medication reconciliation, a process in which drugs used by patients prior to hospitalization can be compared with those prescribed in the hospital. This study describes the r...

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Main Authors: Luana de Rezende Spalla, Selma Rodrigues de Castilho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502016000100016&lng=en&tlng=en