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08/20/2012
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Moving in House Bill 3596/12, the Senate, establishing measures to inhibit administration errors and misuse of drugs. For the text, the products should be features of labeling and packaging that allow its immediate identification. The bill amending the Law 6.360/76, which deals with health monitoring.
Author of the proposal, Senator Humberto Costa (PT-SP) notes that the measure could avoid similar mistakes occurred in the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital Felicio Rocho in Belo Horizonte, where a nursing technician swapped sedative by acid.
"Among others, the use of labels and packaging for the same or similar products of different composition is a factor that leads to mistakes, often fatal," he warns.
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The matter is being processed in conclusive character and will be reviewed by committees of Social Security and Family, and the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship.
Source: Agency Chamber News
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