Medication errors recovered by emergency department pharmacists.

Jeffrey M. Rothschild; William W. Churchill; Abbie Erickson; Kristin Munz; Jeremiah D. Schuur; Claudia A. Salzberg; Daniel Lewinski; Rita Shane; Roshanak Aazami; John Patka; Rondell Jaggers; Aaron Steffenhagen; Steve Rough; David W. Bates

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Medication errors recovered by emergency department pharmacists.

July 14, 2010

Rothschild JM, Churchill WW, Erickson A, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55(6):513-21.

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In this direct observation study, emergency department pharmacists identified approximately one actual or potential medication error per 13 patients.

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