AHRQ Patient Safety Network ▲ Safety Problems With Your Child's Medical Device?

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Safety Problems With Your Child's Medical Device?

Consumer Updates. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; July 16, 2013.

This information sheet covers how misuse of medical devices in children may contribute to adverse events.

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