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Medication errors in a pharmacy-based bar-code-repackaging center.
Cina J, Fanikos J, Mitton P, McCrea M, Churchill W. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63:165-168.

The authors describe a bar-code-repackaging center within their hospital pharmacy and confirm the types of errors prevented after implementing the system.
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