Medication tracers: a systems approach to medication safety.

Erin C Hendrick; Kathryn R. Montanya; Niesha L. Griffith

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Medication tracers: a systems approach to medication safety.

October 24, 2007

Hendrick EC, Montanya KR, Griffith NL. Hosp Pharm. 2010;42(10):916-920.

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This article describes the application of the Joint Commission's patient tracer methodology to the medication use process.

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