Preventing medication errors in community pharmacy: root-cause analysis of transcription errors.

P. Knudsen; H. Herborg; A. R. Mortensen; M. Knudsen; A. Hellebek

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Preventing medication errors in community pharmacy: root-cause analysis of transcription errors.

August 29, 2007

Knudsen P, Herborg H, Mortensen AR, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16(4):285-90.

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This study reports the results of root-cause analyses of medication errors reported by Danish pharmacies. Most errors occurred at the transcription stage, and a substantial proportion were attributed to poor handwriting.

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