Chemotherapy errors: a call for a standardized approach to measurement and reporting.

Lennes IT, Bohlen N, Park ER, Mort E, Burke D, Ryan DP. J Oncol Pract. 2016;12:e495-e501.

Chemotherapy is a complicated process, and it is vulnerable to error due to factors that can affect the various steps involved. This commentary describes how one multidisciplinary cancer center designed and applied a taxonomy to report and monitor chemotherapy errors. The authors summarize the results of the work and provide suggestions for organizations that seek to develop similar tracking and analysis methods.

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