Effect of emergency medicine pharmacists on medication-error reporting in an emergency department.

Kyle A. Weant; Roger L. Humphries; Kimberly Hite; John A. Armitstead

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Effect of emergency medicine pharmacists on medication-error reporting in an emergency department.

November 17, 2010

Weant KA, Humphries RL, Hite K, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67(21):1851-5.

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Introduction of pharmacists in an urban emergency department resulted in improvement in detection of medication errors.

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Effect of emergency medicine pharmacists on medication-error reporting in an emergency department.

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