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The five rights: a destination without a map.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 25, 2007;12:1.

This article discusses the weaknesses inherent in using the "five rights" for medication use as absolutes and suggests that they instead serve as broad goals to support safe medication practices.
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