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July 10, 2003

  • Factors that contribute to errors with patient-controlled analgesia
  • How to prevent certain kinds of errors with CPOE systems
  • How new Florida legislation may encourage unsafe practices
  • Errors associated with Fosamax (alendronate)
  • Errors associated with acetaminophen
  • Recent literature about how effectiveness of medication error-associated costs are in driving safety improvements


July 24, 2003

  • How to prevent errors with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
  • How color-coding products, such as cyclopentolate hydrochloride 1% solution and tropicamide 1% solution, can lead to medication errors
  • How acetazolamide 500 mg vials by Ben Venue Laboratories is safer to use due to your reports
  • How to avoid medication errors with FORADIL (formoterol fumerate

 

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