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20 Tips to help prevent medical errors: patient fact sheet

by Claire Cox

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Medical errors can occur anywhere in the healthcare system: hospitals, clinics, surgery centres, doctors' offices, nursing homes, pharmacies and patients' homes. Errors can involve medicines, surgery, diagnosis, equipment or lab reports. These tips tell what you can do to get safer care.

20 Tips to help prevent medical errors: patient fact sheet https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/care-planning/errors/20tips/20ti…
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