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How Can You Avoid Mistakes Caused by Look-alike Bags?

02/23/2017

A potentially fatal medication error almost occurred at a Veterans Affairs hospital when surgical team members mistook a 500-ml IV bag of lidocaine for a 500-ml IV bag of hetastarch. Which method would have been most effective in differentiating the look-alike labels on the bags?

a. tallman lettering

b. bold text

c. inverted text

d. lowercase text

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