Recurrent wrong-route drug error – a professional shame.

Dominic Bell

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Recurrent wrong-route drug error – a professional shame.

September 1, 2011

Bell D. Anaesthesia. 2007;62(6):541-5.

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Referencing three case studies from the same issue, the author discusses design changes and regulatory measures aimed at minimizing wrong-route medication errors in the United Kingdom.

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