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Impact of a standard medication chart on prescribing errors: a before-and-after audit.
December 16, 2009
Coombes ID, Stowasser DA, Reid C, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18(6):478-85.
A multidisciplinary collaborative process was used to develop a standardized medication chart. Implementation of the chart resulted in a reduction in medication errors, particularly those arising from prescription of medications to which the patient was allergic.
