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Evidence to Improve Care

Medication Safety

Care in All Settings



Summary

The following quality standard addresses care for people of all ages who are taking one or more medications. It focuses on care in all settings relevant to medication safety, including primary health care, specialist health care, long-term care, and home and community care.

Although the quality standard addresses care for people of all ages who are taking medications, there may be additional medication safety considerations for certain groups (e.g., weight-based dosing for infants and children, medication overtreatment for frail older people) that are not addressed in the standard.

This quality standard is intended to complement other quality standards with medication-related content, such as Transitions Between Hospital and Home, Opioid Prescribing for Acute Pain, Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain, and condition-specific quality standards.


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