Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 2: a review of strategies and activities for improving medication safety 2002-2008.

Susan J. Semple; Elizabeth E. Roughead

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Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 2: a review of strategies and activities for improving medication safety 2002-2008.

October 14, 2009

Semple SJ, Roughead EE. Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2009;6:24.

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This review completes a two-part study of medication error in Australia and provides an examination of approaches to build safe medication systems.

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