Chemotherapeutic errors in hospitalised cancer patients: attributable damage and extra costs.

Florence Ranchon; Gilles Salles; Hans-Martin Späth; Vérane Schwiertz; Nicolas Vantard; Stéphanie Parat; Florence Broussais; Benoît You; Sophie Tartas; Pierre Jean Souquet; Claude Dussart; Claire Falandry; Emilie Henin; Gilles Freyer; Catherine Rioufol

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Chemotherapeutic errors in hospitalised cancer patients: attributable damage and extra costs.

February 1, 2012

Ranchon F, Salles G, Späth H-M, et al. BMC Cancer. 2011;11:478.

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This observational study, conducted at a French hospital, found that most chemotherapy medication errors resulted in near misses and did not cause harm to patients.

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