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BMJ Learning

Date: 15 December 2009

Author: Clare Moorcroft

BMJ Learning: 1 in 12 hospital prescriptions are wrong: how many of these are yours?

This week a survey of 19 hospitals, commissioned by the GMC, revealed that 1 in 12 junior doctors' prescriptions contained errors. There were 11,000 errors in their sample, of these over 200 were potentially fatal. Most prescription errors are picked up and corrected by pharmacists, but it shows that we need to be on our guard.

Fortunately, BMJ learning can help, with this module on injectable medicines:

Injectable medicines: prescribing, preparing, and administering

And this, on learning from your (or your colleagues) mistakes:

How to report and audit significant events: a users' guide

Surely it's not all mistakes though? Some of us will have a little spare time over the holiday period - just the opportunity to write up that paper you've been meaning to do for months. Find out how to do it well:

How to write a research paper and get it published

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BMJ Learning

Date: 15 December 2009

Author: Clare Moorcroft

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