Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital: an observational and interventional study.

Anna Alassaad; Ulrika Gillespie; Maria Bertilsson; Håkan Melhus; Margareta Hammarlund-Udenaes

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Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital: an observational and interventional study.

February 1, 2013

Alassaad A, Gillespie U, Bertilsson M, et al. J Eval Clin Pract. 2013;19(1):185-91.

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Medication reconciliation revealed a high rate of prescribing and transcribing errors in the discharge medications of elderly patients at a Swedish hospital.

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