USP drug safety review: medication errors involving NMBAs.

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USP drug safety review: medication errors involving NMBAs.

June 7, 2006

Santell JP. Drug Topics. May 22, 2006.

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This article reports on errors involving neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) that were reported to Medmarx database, what factors contributed to those errors, and what can be done to minimize their occurrence.

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