Importance of Medication Knowledge in Patient Safety
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Patient safety and medication errors
The morbidity and mortality of drug-related problems has most recently been estimated to cost $177.4 billion annually within the United States alone. Empirical investigations have also suggested that almost one-fifth of all medical errors are drug-related within hospital settings, with over half of these being of a preventable nature. As such, minimizing medication errors has emerged as a prior...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Novel Physiotherapy and Physical Rehabilitation
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2455-5487
DOI: 10.17352/2455-5487.000048