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Standardize 4 Safety.

May 25, 2016

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Standardization has been highlighted as a way to improve safety in surgery, care transitions, and medication administration. This initiative seeks to develop consensus guidelines and a set of standard concentrations to reduce errors associated with concentrations and dosing of liquid medications.

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