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NovoLog Dispensing Error Alert.
MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; September 14, 2005.

This announcement explains a labeling change (utilizing color branding to help prevent dispensing errors) to a commonly used form of insulin.

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