Potential risk of medication discrepancies and reconciliation errors at admission and discharge from an inpatient medical service.

Mónica Climente-Martí; Elda R. García-Mañón; Arturo Artero-Mora; Víctor Jiménez-Torres

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Potential risk of medication discrepancies and reconciliation errors at admission and discharge from an inpatient medical service.

October 20, 2010

Climente-Martí M, García-Mañón ER, Artero-Mora A, et al. Ann Pharmacother. 2010;44(11):1747-54.

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This cohort study from a Spanish hospital found that inadvertent medication discrepancies were more common at discharge than at admission.

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