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How to avoid medication errors in care homes

Nurses should take care when prescribing or administering older people's medications and there are ways of reducing the risk of errors such as patient photos
Posted 24 April 2024 - 00:01
An older woman sitting up in bed holds out her hand to receive a pill from a nurse
 
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