Frequency of medication errors with intravenous acetylcysteine for acetaminophen overdose.

Bryan D. Hayes; Wendy Klein-Schwartz; Suzanne Doyon

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Frequency of medication errors with intravenous acetylcysteine for acetaminophen overdose.

June 11, 2008

Hayes BD, Klein-Schwartz W, Doyon S. Ann Pharmacother. 2008;42(6):766-70.

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This study discovered that 33% of patients being treated with acetylcysteine for an acetaminophen overdose were involved in a medication error.

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