Prescribing errors in hospital inpatients: their incidence and clinical significance.
BACKGROUND: It has been estimated that 1-2% of US inpatients are harmed by medication errors, the majority of which are errors in prescribing. The UK Department of Health has recommended that serious errors in the use of prescribed drugs should be reduced by 40% by 2005; however, little is known abo...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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