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ISMP Safety Brief: Prevent Additional Patient Harm and Deaths From Accidental Daily Methotrexate Dosing

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

The error was discovered three weeks later during patient counseling with a pharmacist when the patient requested a refill. The error resulted in severe harm, which led to a long hospital stay and treatment with the rescue agent leucovorin calcium. mg tablets) once daily.