Remote CPOE error—a situation that's more than remotely possible.

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Remote CPOE error—a situation that's more than remotely possible.

June 13, 2007

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 31, 2007;12:1-3.

This article describes a wrong-patient drug error that was prescribed using a computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) system and presents recommendations for improvement in the prescribing, dispensing, and administration phases of the process.

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