By Marie Rosenthal
BALTIMORE—Medication errors are estimated to harm at least 1.5 million patients per year in the United States, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Health and Medicine Division (formerly the Institute of Medicine). These errors, many of which involve IV and oral liquid medications, are especially prevalent during transitions of care.
A lack of standardization to IV and oral liquid concentrations contributes to the potential errors,