Prescription for error: process defects in a community retail pharmacy.

Diane Witte; Lauren Dundes

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Prescription for error: process defects in a community retail pharmacy.

December 19, 2007

Witte D, Dundes L. J Patient Saf. 2008;3(4).

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This study used direct observation to determine the incidence of prescribing errors in a retail pharmacy and explore the factors leading to these errors.

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