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Intravenous chemotherapy compounding errors in a follow-up pan-Canadian observational study.

June 13, 2018

Gilbert RE, Kozak MC, Dobish RB, et al. J Oncol Pract. 2018;14(5):e295-e303.

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This direction observation study identified multiple vulnerabilities in the chemotherapy medication compounding process. The authors emphasize the complexity of this entirely manual process and suggest that current practices carry significant risk for patient harm.

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