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DEPs accounted for 31.7% of MEPs (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092587; 61 antibiotics), with dose omission (51.4%) and dosing regimen problems (16.7%) as the leading error subtypes. Among DEPs, 35.9% involved Access, 56.7% Watch and 7.1% Reserve antibiotics. 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