Stop Mix-Ups With Micrograms and Milligrams in Their Tracks

September 2019

Mix-ups with micrograms (mcg) and milligrams (mg) will cause dangerous dosing errors...but you can help prevent them.

It's scary because confusing these units can lead to patients getting doses that are 1,000 times too high or low.

For example, an infant received 482 mg instead of 482 mcg of zinc sulfate in their parenteral nutrition...and died within hours.

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