Dr Phoebe Holdenson Kimura[/caption]
High-quality medicines reconciliation should ideally occur in the emergency department or soon after admission to the ward.
AP
Healthcare highway: Pharmacists in the driver’s seat
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PSA NT/SA Branch’s vaccine advocacy work
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Bumetanide for Alzheimer’s disease
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