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7 March 2024
Global burden of preventable medication-related harm in health care: a systematic review
Medication-related harm is considered preventable if it occurs as a result of an identifiable, modifiable cause and its recurrence can be avoided by appropriate...
7 March 2024
Medication without harm: Policy brief
Patient harm due to unsafe care is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and most of this harm is avoidable. Harm due to medicines and therapeutic...
20 October 2023
Medication safety for look-alike, sound-alike medicines
Medication errors are a leading cause of patient harm globally. WHO launched the Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm, with the...
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