Be Ready for New Safeguards Against Wrong-Route Errors

September 2020

You'll see new devices to help prevent wrong-route med administration errors.

For years we've used Luer...a universal connector...to attach syringes and tubing to catheters, IV lines, etc.

But harmful and fatal "cross-connections" keep happening.

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Table of Contents

Med Safety Be Ready for New Safeguards Against Wrong-Route Errors
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