Chemotherapy safety and severe adverse events in cancer patients: strategies to efficiently avoid chemotherapy errors in in- and outpatient treatment.

Anna Markert; Véronique Thierry; Martina Kleber; Michael Behrens; Monika Engelhardt

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Chemotherapy safety and severe adverse events in cancer patients: strategies to efficiently avoid chemotherapy errors in in- and outpatient treatment.

November 26, 2008

Markert A, Thierry V, Kleber M, et al. Int J Cancer. 2008;124(3).

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This study describes the successful implementation of two error management systems that intercepted nearly all chemotherapy-related errors before administration.

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