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Twenty Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children.

February 4, 2018

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

This consumer fact sheet advises parents on how to help their children avoid medical errors pertaining to medicine, hospital stays, surgeries, and other medical needs.

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