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Preventing medication errors in the perioperative setting: recommendations on drug syringe labels

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These recommendations are developed by the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists Safety Commission working group for consideration of recommendations for color coding of prepared syringe labels for prevention of medication errors: Kyoko Shida, Toshiyasu Suzuki, Kazuhiro Sugahara, and Kazuya Sobue.

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Safety Committee of Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists. Preventing medication errors in the perioperative setting: recommendations on drug syringe labels. J Anesth 31, 304–306 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-016-2293-z

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