Are hospitals in a med safety standard slump?

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Are hospitals in a med safety standard slump?

September 24, 2014

Wild D. Pharmacy Practice News. September 8, 2014.

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Highlighting how hospital compliance rates with Joint Commission medication–related standards have remained mostly unchanged from 2012 to 2013, this article provides information about the most problematic areas identified—medication storage, drug orders, pharmacist review, labeling, and medication reconciliation—along with ways to address them.

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