A patient in Canada recently died after receiving an injection of epinephrine 1:1,000 from a syringe that a surgical nurse and surgeon thought contained a local anesthetic. Staff at the hospital ...

This allows the surgeon to verify the drug by comparing the vial and syringe label. Do not stock multiple-dose vials of injectable EPINEPHrine 1 mg/mL in the OR, which look very similar to the 30 ...