Regulator says hospitals need strict heparin rules
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 23:14
in Health & Medicine
CHICAGO (AP) -- A regulatory group told hospitals Wednesday to adopt strict measures to prevent errors involving blood thinners including heparin - mistakes that have been made nearly 60,000 times and led to dozens of deaths in recent years....
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