value of technicians preventing medication errors
August 2008
Recent reports of pharmacy errors will highlight the value of technicians preventing medication errors.
A small number of simple techniques help you prevent a large number of the most common problems.
Dose calculations. Decimals are a major problem area. A misplaced decimal causes at least a 10-fold error...like warfarin "25 mg" instead of "2.5 mg." Always double-check the decimal.
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