Epidural-IV route mix-ups: reducing the risk of deadly errors.
Epidural-IV route mix-ups: reducing the risk of deadly errors. ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 3, 2008;13:1-3.
This article reports on the potentially fatal error of administering epidural medications intravenously and provides guidelines to safeguard against such epidural–IV route mix-ups.