Friday, July 20, 2012

An Extra '0' Makes All The Difference

Errors in prescription medication dosing are responsible for thousands of injuries and even deaths each year. A leading cause of these errors is tenfold medication prescribing errors, or errors involving adding an extra zero to the dosage amount on a prescription, so that the patient receives 10 times the intended dose of the drug.

Prescription Errors: Mistakes Can Cost Lives

Prescription medication errors can occur at all stages of the process, from the moment a physician writes the

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