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PMID: 21469498 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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In this column, the authors review Amphotericin B incidents reported Although amphotericin B may be less commonly used today because to ISMP Canada. In particular, we focus on incidents reported to have of alternative antifungal agents available, incident reports suggest resulted in patient harm due to mix-ups between the conventional there continues to be a need to alert practitioners to the different (non-lipid)formulation and lipid formulations of amphotericin B. formulations, and to implement system safety strategies. |
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Christine Koczmara; Heather Richardson; Sylvia Hyland; Carol S Y Lee; Nicky Hillebrand |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Dynamics (Pembroke, Ont.) Volume: 22 ISSN: 1497-3715 ISO Abbreviation: Dynamics Publication Date: 2011 |
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Created Date: 2011-04-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100955578 Medline TA: Dynamics Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 24-6 Citation Subset: N |
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Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada. ckoczmara@ismp-canada.org |
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