Building safer systems by ecological design: using restoration science to develop a medication safety intervention.

P B Marck; J A Kwan; B Preville; M Reynes; W Morgan-Eckley; R Versluys; L Chivers; B O'Brien; J Van der Zalm; M Swankhuizen; S R Majumdar

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Building safer systems by ecological design: using restoration science to develop a medication safety intervention.

April 12, 2006

Marck PB, Kwan JA, Preville B, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(2):92-7.

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The authors applied principles from restoration science in developing a medication safety intervention and found the methods were successful in improving medication safety practices.

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