Predictors of prescription errors involving anticancer chemotherapy agents.

Florence Ranchon; Céline Moch; Benoît You; Gilles Salles; Vérane Schwiertz; Nicolas Vantard; Emilie Franchon; Claude Dussart; Emilie Henin; Olivier Colomban; Pascal Girard; Gilles Freyer; Catherine Rioufol

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Predictors of prescription errors involving anticancer chemotherapy agents.

February 15, 2012

Ranchon F, Moch C, You B, et al. Eur J Cancer. 2012;48(8):1192-9.

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Complex chemotherapy regimens were associated with an increased risk of prescribing errors, in this analysis of data from a previously published study on the incidence of chemotherapy medication errors.

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