Decreasing paediatric prescribing errors in a district general hospital.

A L Davey; A Britland; R J Naylor

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Decreasing paediatric prescribing errors in a district general hospital.

April 23, 2008

Davey AL, Britland A, Naylor RJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17(2):146-9.

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A prescribing tutorial for junior doctors successfully reduced medication prescribing errors in a children's hospital.

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