Effect of pharmacists on medication errors in an emergency department.

Jamie N. Brown; Connie L. Barnes; Beth Beasley; Robert Cisneros; Melanie Pound; Charles Herring

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Effect of pharmacists on medication errors in an emergency department.

February 27, 2008

Brown JN, Barnes CL, Beasley B, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(4):330-3.

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This study found that using pharmacists to prospectively review medication orders reduced the likelihood of errors by 66%.

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