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Medication Errors Caused by Nurses and Physicians in a Swiss Acute Care Community Hospital: Frequency and Correlation to Nurses’ Reported Workload / Von Pflegefachpersonen und Ärzten/-innen verursachte Medikamentenfehler in einem Schweizer Akutspital: Häufigkeit und Korrelation zur Arbeitsbelastung von Pflegefachpersonen Cover

Medication Errors Caused by Nurses and Physicians in a Swiss Acute Care Community Hospital: Frequency and Correlation to Nurses’ Reported Workload / Von Pflegefachpersonen und Ärzten/-innen verursachte Medikamentenfehler in einem Schweizer Akutspital: Häufigkeit und Korrelation zur Arbeitsbelastung von Pflegefachpersonen

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Submitted on: Feb 20, 2017
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Published on: Apr 18, 2018
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