Cardiovascular drugs: linked to many errors.

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Cardiovascular drugs: linked to many errors.

July 27, 2005

Santell JP. Drug Topics. June 20, 2005.

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This article summarizes analysis from MEDMARX^SM data that revealed 80,000 errors involving cardiovascular drugs. The author makes recommendations for preventing such errors.

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