Editorial

Concentrating on the right measures

Published in: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Volume 22 , issue 1, pages: 1–3

DOI: 10.1080/22201181.2016.1141566

Author(s): Richard von RahdenDiscipline of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, South Africa, Zane FarinaDiscipline of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, South Africa, Michael JamesDepartment of Anaesthesia, South Africa,

Keywords: drug dosage calculations, drug labelling, medication errors,

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Abstract

The continued use of “percent” in the labelling and description of many drugs used in the field of anaesthesia is an ongoing source of errors. As part of the modern drive towards safety in medicine it is proposed that the standard of labelling according to mass of the drug per millilitre be universally adopted.

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