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Article: Fourth annual report on medication errors in U.S. hospitals issued.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- December 8, 2003
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2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has released its fourth annual national report summarizing the most recent data collected by MEDMARX, the anonymous national medication error reporting database operated by USP.
Among the highlights: more than one third of hospital medication errors that reach the patient involve seniors, showing they continue to be a vulnerable population in U.S. healthcare facilities.
MEDMARX helps hospitals report, understand, and ultimately prevent medication errors in hospitals. The MEDMARX data report, "Summary of Information Submitted to MEDMARX in the Year 2002: The Quest for Quality," ...