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Journal Article > Commentary

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR, Smetzer JL. Hosp Pharm. 2010;45:13-17.

This monthly article discusses incidents involving dosing errors and describes strategies to promote the safe use of oral syringes.

Newspaper/Magazine Article

Lack of standard dosing methods contributes to IV errors.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 23, 2007;12:1-3.

This article discusses the myriad dosing methods that can lead to errors in administering intravenous medications and programming infusion pumps.

Audiovisual

Preventing dosage errors with Diastat AcuDial. 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Patient Safety News. Show #59. January 2007.

This video segment warns about potential dosing errors for an epileptic seizure treatment due to equipment design and provides instructions to minimize user error.

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