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Draft Guidelines for the Safe Communication of Electronic Medication Information.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices. August 27, 2015.

How electronic medication-related information is communicated presents unique challenges to safe medication administration. This announcement calls for field review of a set of evidence-based guidelines to provide direction and ensure safe transmission of information contained in electronic systems. The deadline for submitting comments is October 16, 2015.

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