Reducing medication prescribing errors in a teaching hospital.

Jane Garbutt; Paul E. Milligan; Candace McNaughton; Gabrielle Highstein; Brian M. Waterman; Claiborne Dunagan; Victoria J. Fraser

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Reducing medication prescribing errors in a teaching hospital.

September 24, 2010

Garbutt J, Milligan PE, McNaughton C, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34(9):528-536.

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