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Verbal Orders and Medication Overrides: A Dangerous Combination

Catherine Mueller  1 , Paul MacDowell  2 , James A. Bourgeois  3
In: WebM&M: Case Studies [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2019 Oct.
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Verbal Orders and Medication Overrides: A Dangerous Combination

Catherine Mueller et al.
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