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Percentage of trainees reporting routine use of safe prescribing practices
Bar graph showing 89% checked prescription information, 75% checked for drug allergies, 59% double-checked dosage calculations, 56% checked for renal impairment, 30% checked for potential drug-drug interactions
Source: Garbutt JM, Highstein G, Jeffe DB, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ. Safe medication prescribing: training and experience of medical students and housestaff at a large teaching hospital. Acad Med. 2005;80:594-599. [ go to pubmed ]
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