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This short report highlights the urgent need for united and concerted action to develop strategies aimed at minimizing avoidable infant deaths related to heparin errors.
There is a critical need for concerted action to develop strategies aimed at minimizing avoidable infant deaths related to heparin errors.
Heparin is one of the most commonly used drugs in tertiary paediatric centres. Across the last decade, targeted research has been directed towards improving the level of evidence supporting paediatric-specific recommendations for the use and management of heparin in infants and children. In contrast, little effort has been directed towards improving the safe use of heparin despite a plethora of fatal and non-fatal heparin-related errors being reported in the lay press. This short report highlights the need for united and concerted action to develop strategies aimed at minimising avoidable infant deaths related to heparin errors.
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Monagle et al. (2011) studied Heparin overdose. Heparin was evaluated. This short report highlights the urgent need for united and concerted action to develop strategies aimed at minimizing avoidable infant deaths related to heparin errors.
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