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Concentrating on the right measures
Abstract
The continued use of “percent” in the labelling and description of many drugs used in the field of anaesthesia is an ongoing source of errors. As part of the modern drive towards safety in medicine it is proposed that the standard of labelling according to mass of the drug per millilitre be universally adopted.
Keywords: drug dosage calculations, drug labelling, medication errors
