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USA Today news series: clarifying the issues and embracing community pharmacy safety.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 28, 2008;13:1-2.

This article contextualizes a recent news series on medication errors in community pharmacies, identifies important causes of errors not described in the series, and offers a broader perspective on the factors involved in pharmacy errors.
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