Topic Overview

Medication Errors

Medicines cure infection, prevent problems, and ease pain. Medicines can also cause harm if not used correctly. Learn about medication errors.

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Definition

Medicines cure infection, prevent problems, and ease pain. Medicines can also cause harm if not used correctly. Learn about medication errors.

Concept record

Canonical title: Medication Errors
Alphabetical key: M
Category: Educational Resource
Content type: Topic Overview
Other names, clinical names and abbreviations: None recorded for this concept yet.
Article status: Medical Encyclopedia Index Entry — full article under review.

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