Medication incidents related to automated dose dispensing in community pharmacies and hospitals--a reporting system study.

INTRODUCTION: Automated dose dispensing (ADD) is being introduced in several countries and the use of this technology is expected to increase as a growing number of elderly people need to manage their medication at home. ADD aims to improve medication safety and treatment adherence, but it may intro...

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Main Authors: Ka-Chun Cheung, Patricia M L A van den Bemt, Marcel L Bouvy, Michel Wensing, Peter A G M De Smet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4109935?pdf=render