Heparin labels will get a face-lift to improve safety

Heparin labels will get a face-lift to improve safety.

Heparin has been a high-alert med for decades...but miscalculations and mix-ups continue to lead to patient harm and death.

Now FDA will require heparin labels to include both the units of heparin per mL...and total units of heparin per VIAL.

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