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Tragic error with neuromuscular blocker should prompt risk assessment by all hospitals. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Tragic error with neuromuscular blocker should prompt risk assessment by all hospitals. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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  • Published December 2014

Tragic error with neuromuscular blocker should prompt risk assessment by all hospitals.

    This newsletter article discusses an adverse drug event involving a patient who died after receiving a neuromuscular blocker instead of a seizure control agent. The preparation error was associated with incorrect labeling. Because neuromuscular blocking agents are considered high-alert medications, more robust administration processes should be employed to reduce the potential for mix-ups.
















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