Effective strategies to increase reporting of medication errors in hospitals.

Mary VanOyen Force; Linda Deering; John Hubbe; Marcy Andersen; Barbara Hagemann; Michelle Cooper-Hahn; William Peters

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Effective strategies to increase reporting of medication errors in hospitals.

January 25, 2006

Force MVO, Deering L, Hubbe J, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2006;36(1):34-41.

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The authors report on the success of a program implemented to build a nonblame culture and encourage self reporting of medication errors.

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