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Pharmacy mixes up prescriptions.

Brushwood DB. Pharmacy error leads to fatal medication mix-up. Pharmacy Today. 2017;23(12):42. doi:10.1016/j.ptdy.2017.11.012.

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February 20, 2011
Brushwood DB. Pharmacy Today. 2017;23(12):42.
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This article reports on a court case of a pharmacy error involving similar patient names. A pregnant woman was mistakenly given a chemotherapy medication instead of an antibiotic.

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