Which of the following significantly reduces medication errors?
A) history of allergies
B) unit-dose systems
C) checking the patient's chart
D) wasting of expired medications
B) unit-dose systems
Unit-dose systems significantly reduce medication errors because the medications they contain are already in the correct dose. When using other types of medications that are not packaged as unit-dose systems, it is important to perform appropriate dosage calculations to determine the accurate dose.
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