Journal:
:iranian journal of pharmaceutical research
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fatemeh dabaghzadeh 1- department of clinical pharmacy, school of pharmacy, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
2- school of pharmacy, kerman medical university, kerman, iran.
arash rashidian department of health management and economics, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, iran.
hassan torkamandi pharmaceutical care department, dr. shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, iran.
sara alahyari pharmaceutical care department, dr. shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, iran.
somayeh hanafi pharmaceutical care department, dr. shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, iran.
mohammadreza javadi 1- department of clinical pharmacy, school of pharmacy, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
2- research center for rational use of drugs, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
medication errors have important effects on increased length of hospitalization, increased mortality and costs. we assessed the incidence of medication errors and characterize the error types in an emergency department in a large teaching hospital in tehran. we also investigated the effect of emergency department pharmacists on patient safety with regard to recovery of potentially harmful medic...