Accuracy of adverse-drug-event reports collected using an automated dispensing system.

Andrew Romero V; Daniel C. Malone

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Accuracy of adverse-drug-event reports collected using an automated dispensing system.

July 6, 2005

Romero A, Malone DC. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62(13):1375-80.

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The authors evaluated the effectiveness and accuracy of using an automated dispensing system to report adverse drug events (ADEs). They found that the automated system was successful in increasing reporting of ADEs.

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