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Correction to Wright and Katz, N Engl J Med 353(4):329-331 July 28, 2005.

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Volume 353:1640 October 13, 2005 Number 15

Bar Coding for Patient Safety

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by Wright, A. A.
Bar Coding for Patient Safety . On page 331, in the middle column, lines 11 through 15 should have read, "Bar coding has reduced drug errors by more than 50 percent, preventing approximately 20 dispensing errors per day that had the potential to harm patients," rather than ". . . preventing approximately 20 adverse drug events per day," as printed.



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