Nov 4th, 2009 - Reuters
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SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov 4 (Reuters) - U.S. health officialsunveiled plans to fight avoidable injuries from medicationerrors or misuse, a problem that harms hundreds of thousands ofpeople each year and can be deadly.
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