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Care homes' use of medicines study: prevalence, causes and potential harm of medication errors in care homes for older people.
Barber ND, Alldred DP, Raynor DK, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:341-346.
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Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes.
Taylor DM, Robinson J, MacLeod D, MacBean CE, Braitberg G. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009;33:388-394.
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Medication administration errors in assisted living: scope, characteristics, and the importance of staff training.
Zimmerman S, Love K, Sloane PD, Cohen LW, Reed D, Carder PC; Center for Excellence in Assisted Living-University of North Carolina Collaborative. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59:1060-1068.
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The influence of formulation and medicine delivery system on medication administration errors in care homes for older people.
Alldred DP, Standage C, Fletcher O, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:397-402.
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Quantification and classification of errors associated with hand-repackaging of medications in long-term care facilities in Germany.
Gerber A, Kohaupt I, Lauterbach KW, Buescher G, Stock S, Lungen M. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2008;6:212-219.
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The influence that electronic prescribing has on medication errors and preventable adverse drug events: an interrupted time-series study.
van Doormaal JE, van den Bemt PMLA, Zaal RJ, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:816-825.
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The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital discharge.
Midlöv P, Bahrani L, Seyfali M, Höglund P, Rickhag E, Eriksson T. Int J Clin Pharm. 2012;34:113-119.
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Repeat medication errors in nursing homes: contributing factors and their association with patient harm.
Crespin DJ, Modi AV, Wei D, et al. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2010;8:258-270.
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Effect of computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support on adverse drug events in the long-term care setting.
Gurwitz JH, Field TS, Rochon P, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56:2225-2233.
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Patient record review of the incidence, consequences, and causes of diagnostic adverse events.
Zwaan L, de Bruijne M, Wagner C, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:1015-1021.
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Medication error reporting in nursing homes: identifying targets for patient safety improvement.
Greene SB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Hansen RA, Carey TS. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:218-222.
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Addressing delays in medication administration for patients transferred from the hospital to the nursing home: a pilot quality improvement project.
Ward KT, Bates-Jensen B, Eslami MS, et al. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2008;6:205-211.
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Computerized decision support for medication dosing in renal insufficiency: a randomized, controlled trial.
Terrell KM, Perkins AJ, Hui SL, Callahan CM, Dexter PR, Miller DK. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;56:623-629.
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Patterns in nursing home medication errors: disproportionality analysis as a novel method to identify quality improvement opportunities.
Hansen RA, Cornell PY, Ryan PB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Greene SB. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010;19:1087-1094.
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Explaining ethnic disparities in patient safety: a qualitative analysis.
Suurmond J, Uiters E, De Bruijne MC, Stronks K, Essink-Bot ML. Am J Public Health. 2010;100 (suppl 1):S113-117.
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Time-dependent drug–drug interaction alerts in care provider order entry: software may inhibit medication error reductions.
van der Sijs H, Lammers L, van den Tweel A, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:864-868.
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Injection practices among clinicians in United States health care settings.
Pugliese G, Gosnell C, Bartley JM, Robinson S. Am J Infect Control. 2010;38:789-798.
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Diagnostic accuracy of emergency nurse practitioners versus physicians related to minor illnesses and injuries.
van der Linden C, Reijnen R, de Vos R. J Emerg Nurs. 2010;36:311-316.
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Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration.
Poon EG, Keohane CA, Yoon CS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1698-1707.
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Comparison of methods for identifying patients at risk of medication-related harm.
van Doormaal JE, Rommers MK, Kosterink JGW, Teepe-Twiss IM, Haaijer-Ruskamp FM, Mol PGM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e26.
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