Medication safety pharmacy technician in a large, tertiary care, community hospital.

Kathryn N. Brown; Jason Bergsbaken; Jeffrey S. Reichard

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Medication safety pharmacy technician in a large, tertiary care, community hospital.

March 30, 2016

Brown KN, Bergsbaken J, Reichard JS. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2016;73(4):188-191.

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This commentary describes the development of a dedicated medication safety position held by a pharmacy technician to coordinate activities such as incident reporting and investigation, documenting and communicating lessons learned, and providing support for improvement projects.

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