Medication reconciliation: developing and implementing a program.

Mandalyn Schwarz; Rhonda Wyskiel

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Medication reconciliation: developing and implementing a program.

January 10, 2007

Schwarz M, Wyskiel R. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2007;18(4).

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The authors describe a surgical intensive care unit medication reconciliation initiative and discuss the improvements resulting from the program.

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