Medication safety in elderly patients
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Medication Safety in Hospitals
Medication error and adverse drug reactions occur frequently, leading to a high burden of patient harm in the hospital setting. Many Irish hospitals have established medication safety initiatives, designed to encourage reporting and learning to improve medication use processes and therefore patient safety. Eight Irish hospitals or hospital networks provided data from voluntary medication safety...
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عنوان ژورنال: MOJ Gerontology & Geriatrics
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2574-8130
DOI: 10.15406/mojgg.2020.05.0022