Which of the following is a popular method for preventing medication dispensing errors?

Sterile compounding
Non-sterile compounding
Separating inventory
All of the above


Separating inventory

Rationale: Separating inventory is a popular method for preventing medication dispensing errors. Alternatively, when medications are organized alphabetically, it is common to have drugs with very similar names stored right next to each other on the shelf – increasing the likelihood of dispensing the wrong drug.

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