Multidose drug dispensing and discrepancies between medication records.

Liv Johanne Wekre; Olav Spigset; Olav Sletvold; Janne Kutschera Sund; Anders Grimsmo

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Multidose drug dispensing and discrepancies between medication records.

September 22, 2010

Wekre LJ, Spigset O, Sletvold O, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(5):e42.

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Use of multidose drug dispensing—dispensing medications according to the time the patient takes the medication, rather than as individual prescriptions—was associated with a reduction in documented medication discrepancies.

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