AHRQ Patient Safety Network: FDA begins inquiry after death and illness from saline bags meant for training.

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FDA begins inquiry after death and illness from saline bags meant for training.

Tavernise S. New York Times. January 15, 2015.

This newspaper article discusses an investigation into how a saline solution that had been manufactured specifically for training purposes was inadvertently distributed and used for actual care and led to patient harm and death.

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