Interrater agreement with a standard scheme for classifying medication errors.

Ryan A Forrey; Craig A Pedersen; Philip J Schneider

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Interrater agreement with a standard scheme for classifying medication errors.

January 24, 2007

Forrey RA, Pedersen CA, Schneider PJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64(2):175-81.

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The authors surveyed users of the National Coordinating Council for Medication Errors Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) medication errors categorization index and found that the terms were applied consistently.

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