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Outpatient medication errors common, difficult to detect among transplant patients
03-19-2007 · EurekAlert!Medication errors appear to be common, often hidden and associated with adverse events among patients receiving outpatient care after an organ transplant, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The health care system is involved with nearly one-third of these errors.
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