Medication errors in a pharmacy-based bar-code-repackaging center.

Jennifer Cina; John Fanikos; Patricia Mitton; Michelle McCrea; William W Churchill

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Medication errors in a pharmacy-based bar-code-repackaging center.

January 25, 2006

Cina J, Fanikos J, Mitton P, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(2):165-8.

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The authors describe a bar-code-repackaging center within their hospital pharmacy and confirm the types of errors prevented after implementing the system.

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