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. 2002 Oct;52(Suppl):S17–S22.

Safer medicines management in primary care.

Anthony J Avery 1, Aziz Sheikh 1, Brian Hurwitz 1, Lesley Smeaton 1, Yen-Fu Chen 1, Rachel Howard 1, Judy Cantrill 1, Simon Royal 1
PMCID: PMC1316136  PMID: 12389765

Abstract

Errors in the medicines management process represent an important source of iatrogenic harm in primary care. Most errors result from underlying systems-based problems that are amenable to intervention and potentially preventable. In this paper, we seek to identify the frequency of medication-related morbidity in primary care, understand the underlying systemic reasons that increase risk of medication-related errors and iatrogenic harm, and suggest strategies for improving the safety of medicines management.

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