Using preprinted medication order forms to improve the safety of investigational drug use.

Helen Tamer; Nadine Shehab

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Using preprinted medication order forms to improve the safety of investigational drug use.

June 7, 2006

Tamer H, Shehab N. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(11):1022, 1025-1026, 1028.

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The authors advise on how to minimize medication errors when dispensing investigational drugs and provide a sample form to help standardize the procedure.

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