Medication error rates

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Marilyn Hargett
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Medication error rates

I was tasked to reach out to this group to see if there is any type of benchmarking for medication errors within healthcare.
I realize our goal is to prevent/reduce the severity however I would love for the number to be zero!
My guess is that it will vary by organization and human factors.
Any insight is always helpful.
Thank you
Marilyn Hargett