Complexity of medication-related verbal orders.

Douglas S. Wakefield; Marcia M. Ward; Debra Groath; Tamara Schwichtenberg; Louis Magdits; Jane Brokel; Donald Crandall

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Complexity of medication-related verbal orders.

June 25, 2008

Wakefield DS, Ward MM, Groath D, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23(1):7-17.

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This descriptive analysis of verbal orders identifies three factors contributing to errors.

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