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Warning on Medication Mix-Ups for Kids
Apr 11 2008, AP

A hospital group says more needs to be done to prevent medication errors in children. A safety alert issued Friday by the group comes days after the release of a study finding that drug mix-ups and overdoses harm roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children, a number far higher than earlier estimates.

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