Frequency, types, and potential clinical significance of medication-dispensing errors.

Xavier Bohand; Laurent Simon; Eric Perrier; Hélène Mullot; Leslie Lefeuvre; Christian Plotton

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Frequency, types, and potential clinical significance of medication-dispensing errors.

February 11, 2009

Bohand X, Simon L, Perrier E, et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2009;64(1):11-6.

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Errors occurred in approximately 1 of 40 doses dispensed by a unit-dose medication dispensing system.

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