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ook around your facility. Can you spot the exhausted
nurse who's about to administer the wrong medication
to the 6-year-old patient? Did you know your anesthesia
tech just swiped a vial of fentanyl to feed his hidden
drug addiction? Of course not, but the following tech-
nologies can provide you some peace of mind by keeping your med-
6 Hot Trends in Medication Safety
Add these technologies to protect your
patients and staff from drug-related harm.
• SINGLE USE Prefilled syringes are
designed to give the right dose every time
without risk of cross contamination.
JoEllen McBride, PhD | Associate Editor