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National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention: recommendations for safer outpatient opioid use.

September 29, 2017

Ducoffe AR, York A, Hu DJ, et al. Pain Med. 2016;17(12):2291-2304.

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Accidental overuse of opioid medications in the ambulatory environment is a prominent patient safety concern. This commentary reviews a national plan to curb adverse drug events and applies those recommendations to guide efforts to improve opioid safety.

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