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Ontario pharmacists move towards mandatory reporting of prescription-dispensing errorsMelissa Sheldrick, whose eight-year-old son died in March 2016 after being given the wrong medication, said she is thrilled Ontario is working to change.CanadaMar 29, 2017
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Shoppers Drug Mart gave Jean Marris the wrong medication — the result could have been dangerousWhen Jean Marris of Mississauga, Ont., filled her prescription for her weekly medication last Sunday, she was alarmed when she returned home and found dozens of pills.CanadaJan 12, 2017
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How widespread are prescription error problems in Canada? We don’t really knowMore than 600 million medical prescriptions were dispensed by Canadian pharmacies in 2015. But how often are mistakes made? Experts say there's very little data.CanadaDec 4, 2016
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