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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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.
There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.