Learning from error: identifying contributory causes of medication errors in an Australian hospital.

Pamela Nichols; Tandy-Sue Copeland; Ian A Craib; Paul Hopkins; David G Bruce

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Learning from error: identifying contributory causes of medication errors in an Australian hospital.

March 19, 2008

Nichols P, Copeland T-S, Craib IA, et al. Med J Aust. 2008;188(5):276-9.

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Interviews with clinicians who committed medication errors helped to identify contributing factors, which included understaffing and lack of access to prescribing information at the point of care.

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