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Archive Home > 2007 > March > 03 > Making patients safe the right idea

Making patients safe the right idea


March 3, 2007

As many as 40 percent of hospital patients are harmed every year because of a mistake in their care. That's some 15 million people who suffer needlessly for any number of reasons - they got an infection, a hospital issued them the wrong dose or wrong medicine, or even a pressure ulcer because a....

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