Multiplicity of medication safety terms, definitions and functional meanings: when is enough enough?

K. H. Yu; R. L. Nation; M. J. Dooley

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Multiplicity of medication safety terms, definitions and functional meanings: when is enough enough?

October 19, 2005

Yu KH, Nation RL, Dooley MJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14(5):358-63.

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The authors reviewed terms and definitions used on medication safety–related Web sites and found a wide variety of definitions in use. They suggest development of standardized definitions to facilitate effective analysis of medication error incidents.

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