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Is pressure causing drug errors?

Meyer T. WKYC-TV. May 20, 2015.

Reporting on how production pressures in pharmacies contribute to prescription errors that lead to patient harm, this news video segment features insights from the father of a child who died following a medication error and the pharmacist who lost his license and served a prison sentence due to this incident.

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