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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.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
Vampire bats have a natural anticoagulant in their saliva that permits continuous bleeding after they painlessly open a wound with their incisors. This capillary blood does not cause any significant blood loss to their victims.
Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.

