All adverse reactions are commonly charted in red ink in the patient's record and usually are noted on the front of the chart. Failure to follow correct documentation procedures may result in malpractice lawsuits.
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According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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The modern decimal position system was the invention of the Hindus (around 800 AD), involving the placing of numerals to indicate their value (units, tens, hundreds, and so on).
A true albino squirrel. Note the pink eyes.
True-color view of Mars seen through NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1999
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Which of the following statements is true of linkage?