Doctors must read drug labels, not whinge about them

Comment

J A W Wildsmith. BMJ. 2002.

. 2002 Jan 19;324(7330):170.

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Almost 30% of anaesthetic machines in UK do not have anti-hypoxia device.
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Confusion relating to drug syringe labels.
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A systematic literature review on strategies to avoid look-alike errors of labels.
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Does colour-coded labelling reduce the risk of medication errors?
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