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In inpatient settings, adverse drug events account for an estimated one in three of all hospital adverse events. They affect approximately 2 million hospital stays every year, and prolong hospital stays by between one and five days.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
Though newer “smart” infusion pumps are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, they cannot prevent all programming and administration errors. Health care professionals that use smart infusion pumps must still practice the rights of medication administration and have other professionals double-check all high-risk infusions.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.