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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Automated pill dispensing systems have alarms to alert patients when the correct dosing time has arrived. Most systems work with many varieties of medications, so patients who are taking a variety of drugs can still be in control of their dose regimen.
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.