Nurses improve medication safety with medication allergy and adverse drug reports.

Sharon Valente; Lillian Murray; Diane Fisher

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Nurses improve medication safety with medication allergy and adverse drug reports.

October 3, 2007

Valente S, Murray L, Fisher D. J Nurs Care Qual. 2007;22(4):322-7.

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This article describes a project that aimed to improve reporting of adverse drug events, adverse drug reactions, and patient allergies.

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