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For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
Over time, chronic hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections can progress to advanced liver disease, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Unlike other forms, more than 80% of hepatitis C infections become chronic and lead to liver disease. When combined with hepatitis B, hepatitis C now accounts for 75% percent of all cases of liver disease around the world. Liver failure caused by hepatitis C is now leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.