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Blum KV, Abel SR, Urbanski CJ, Pierce JM. Am J Hosp Pharm. 1988;45:1902-1903.
This study investigated the impact of hospital pharmacists in preventing medication errors. For more than 123,000 medication orders at a single university teaching institution, the overall error rate was approximately 2%. Incorrect dosage, inappropriate dosing schedules, and omission of essential information represented the most common error types. Physicians confirmed an error in more than 90% of orders questioned by pharmacists. The authors conclude that the use of hospital pharmacists to screen every medication order prevents almost 9000 errors annually.
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