Getting to the root of medication errors.

Hedy Cohen; Ann D. Shastay

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Getting to the root of medication errors.

February 3, 2010

Cohen H, Shastay AD. Nursing (Brux). 2008;38(12):39-49.

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Nurses reported improvements in following safe medication administration practices, compared to a similar survey from 2002.

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