A prevalence study of errors in opioid prescribing in a large teaching hospital.

Denison Davies; F. Schneider; S. Childs; T. Hucker; D. Krikos; J. Peh; C. McGowan; P. Stone; J. Cashman

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A prevalence study of errors in opioid prescribing in a large teaching hospital.

August 10, 2011

Davies D, Schneider F, Childs S, et al. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65(9):923-9.

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This cross-sectional study found that more than one quarter of opioid prescriptions at a teaching hospital contained at least one error.

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