Flu shot mix-up at Oklahoma facility leaves 10 hospitalized

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Flu shot mix-up at Oklahoma facility leaves 10 hospitalized

December 4, 2019

The Associated Press. NBC News. November 8, 2019.

Patients at residential care facilities are particularly vulnerable to harm from medication errors. This story highlights a failure that resulted in the misadministration of insulin during a flu vaccination program.

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