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Knowledge, attitude and practice on medication error reporting among health practitioners in a tertiary care setting in Saudi Arabia

Salma L. Alsulami, Habibah O. Sardidi, Raghad S. Almuzaini, Malak A. Alsaif, Hanin S. Almuzaini, Afaf K. Moukaddem and Mubashar S. Kharal
Saudi Medical Journal March 2019, 40 (3) 246-251; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.3.23960
Salma L. Alsulami
From the College of Medicine (Alsulami, Sardidi, Almuzaini R, Alsaif, Almuzaini H), from the Department of Medical Education (Moukaddem), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Department of Medication Safety (Kharal), National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Habibah O. Sardidi
From the College of Medicine (Alsulami, Sardidi, Almuzaini R, Alsaif, Almuzaini H), from the Department of Medical Education (Moukaddem), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Department of Medication Safety (Kharal), National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Raghad S. Almuzaini
From the College of Medicine (Alsulami, Sardidi, Almuzaini R, Alsaif, Almuzaini H), from the Department of Medical Education (Moukaddem), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Department of Medication Safety (Kharal), National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Malak A. Alsaif
From the College of Medicine (Alsulami, Sardidi, Almuzaini R, Alsaif, Almuzaini H), from the Department of Medical Education (Moukaddem), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Department of Medication Safety (Kharal), National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hanin S. Almuzaini
From the College of Medicine (Alsulami, Sardidi, Almuzaini R, Alsaif, Almuzaini H), from the Department of Medical Education (Moukaddem), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Department of Medication Safety (Kharal), National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Afaf K. Moukaddem
From the College of Medicine (Alsulami, Sardidi, Almuzaini R, Alsaif, Almuzaini H), from the Department of Medical Education (Moukaddem), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Department of Medication Safety (Kharal), National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mubashar S. Kharal
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