USA Today news series: clarifying the issues and embracing community pharmacy safety.

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USA Today news series: clarifying the issues and embracing community pharmacy safety.

May 2, 2018

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. February 28, 2008.

This article contextualizes a recent news series on medication errors in community pharmacies, identifies important causes of errors not described in the series, and offers a broader perspective on the factors involved in pharmacy errors.

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