Safe medication prescribing and monitoring in the outpatient setting.

K. G Shojania

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Safe medication prescribing and monitoring in the outpatient setting.

May 17, 2006

Shojania KG. Can Med Assoc J. 2006;174(9).

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The author presents three case examples of medication error in ambulatory settings, suggests how to avoid such errors, and provides a table describing common errors during the five stages of medication administration.

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