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The Patient Safety Authority is struggling to help municipalities prevent ongoing medication errors in half of the nursing homes.

After years of criticism over medication errors in nursing homes, authorities now say: »Thankfully, many places are getting it right«

More than half of nursing homes fail to comply with regulations designed to ensure that vital medications are handled safely and correctly. Arkivfoto: Thomas Borberg
More than half of nursing homes fail to comply with regulations designed to ensure that vital medications are handled safely and correctly. Arkivfoto: Thomas Borberg
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Problematic medication management in elderly care is not a new issue

For as long as Charlotte Hjort, head of unit at the Danish Patient Safety Authority, can remember, the annual review from the authority has shown that there are errors in medication management in more than half of their inspections.

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