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Study Finds Mistakes with Medications are on the Rise at Home

Posted by terri ottosen on July 19th, 2017 0 comments Tags: drug safety, medication errors, patient safety

When people take medicine at home, mistakes happen. Some people end up taking the wrong dose of a medication or the wrong pill. Sometimes, they don’t wait long enough before taking a second dose. Other times, it’s a health professional who’s at fault. A pharmacist might have dispensed a medication at the wrong concentration, for… Read More »

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