Potential tenfold drug overdoses on a neonatal unit
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- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- medication errors
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal
- Vol. 89 (6) , F483-F484
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2003.041608
Abstract
Nearly one third of intravenous drug prescriptions on a neonatal unit were for doses less than one tenth of a single drug vial. Tenfold drug errors in prescribing are well documented and with the continued use of vials containing adult size doses, great potential exists for serious administration errors.Keywords
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