Chemotherapy in home care: one team's performance improvement journey toward reducing medication errors.

Brenda M. Ewen; Rhonda Combs; Carl Popelas; Gail M. Faraone

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Chemotherapy in home care: one team's performance improvement journey toward reducing medication errors.

January 12, 2012

Ewen BM, Combs R, Popelas C, et al. Home Healthc Nurse. 2012;30(1):28-37.

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This commentary describes how a medication administration error launched one organization's efforts to improve patient safety statewide.

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