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Original Research

Quality improvements in decreasing medication administration errors made by nursing staff in an academic medical center hospital: a trend analysis during the journey to Joint Commission International accreditation and in the post-accreditation era

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Pages 393-406 | Published online: 05 Mar 2015

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