For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Recent studies have shown that the number of medication errors increases in relation to the number of orders that are verified per pharmacist, per work shift.
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