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Title: Use of chart and record reviews to detect medication errors in a state psychiatric hospital.
Author: Grasso, Benjamin C.; Genest, Robert; Jordan, Constance W.
Abstract:
Compared the effectiveness of using a review team and the usual self-reporting method in detecting different types of medication errors in a state psychiatric hospital. Rates of prescription, transcription, administration, and dispensing errors were deter
Journal: Psychiatric Services, Vol 54(5), May 2003: 677-681.