Identifying facilitators and barriers for patient safety in a medicine label design system using patient simulation and interviews.

Peter Dieckmann; Marianne Hald Clemmensen; Trine Kart Sørensen; Pina Kunstek; Annemarie Hellebek

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Identifying facilitators and barriers for patient safety in a medicine label design system using patient simulation and interviews.

July 23, 2014

Dieckmann P, Clemmensen MH, Sørensen TK, et al. J Patient Saf. 2016;12(4):210-222.

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This simulation study of physicians and nurses found that improving the design of medication labels can enhance dispensing accuracy. This finding is consistent with prior studies demonstrating the importance of clear prescription instructions for better patient understanding about medication use.

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