Medication errors also happen at home: study

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Medication errors also happen at home: study

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While doctors and nurses can make mistakes with medications in hospitals, a new study says drug errors often happen at home and can lead to harm. Researchers observed 72 medication mistakes at homes where 92 children with cancer were being cared for between November 2007 and April 2011. "I was surprised by how much we found," said Dr. Kathleen Walsh, the study's lead author from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine in Worcester. ...

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