The variability and quality of medication container labels.

William H. Shrank; Jessica Agnew-Blais; Niteesh K. Choudhry; Michael S. Wolf; Aaron S. Kesselheim; Jerry Avorn; Paul G. Shekelle

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The variability and quality of medication container labels.

September 25, 2008

Shrank WH, Agnew-Blais J, Choudhry NK, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(16):1760-1765.

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Pharmacy-issued medication containers frequently did not highlight instructions or consistently use warning labels. Labels also varied considerably between different pharmacies.

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