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Human error or burnout as explanation for mistakes in pharmaceutical laboratories

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Professionals in charge of quality control laboratories need to pay attention to the burnout in pharmaceutical laboratories that can result in workers making mistakes or inventing data.

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  1. Faculty of Administration and Human Resources, University of San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru

    Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales & Aldo Alvarez-Risco

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  1. Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales
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Del-Aguila-Arcentales, S., Alvarez-Risco, A. Human error or burnout as explanation for mistakes in pharmaceutical laboratories. Accred Qual Assur 18, 447–448 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-013-1000-0

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