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Nine common medication errors: How they happen and how to avoid them

Accidents happen but then there are mistakes that we make without ever knowing when giving our children medicine (Courtesy)

Accidents happen - from children overdosing on medicine that has been left out to parents and caregivers giving children the wrong dose (or even taking it themselves). Then there are mistakes that we make without ever knowing.

The emergency room (ER) of a hospital is the place where casualties arrive to be treated for accidents.

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