Electronic prescribing vulnerabilities: height and weight mix-up leads to dosing error.

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Electronic prescribing vulnerabilities: height and weight mix-up leads to dosing error.

June 10, 2018

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. August 26, 2010;15:1-3.

This article discusses a case of data entry error in an electronic prescribing system, explains the contributing factors, and provides recommendations to prevent such errors.

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