The process required the anesthesiologist to scan every drug ampoule and syringe label for accuracy verification during drug dispensing, premixing, administration and documentation. Two weeks after ...

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Children’s Hospital in Denver will be implementing a bar-code system this fall to help improve medication safety among its patients, according to a Denver Post news report. The bar-code system allows ...

Regarding Ruth Marcus's March 5 op-ed column, "The wrong blue pill": When Kerry Kennedy explained that her car accident was caused by her mistaking the sleeping pill Ambien for her thyroid medication, ...