An Intern Made an Error and Gave a Patient a Dose

question 141

Multiple Choice

An intern made an error and gave a patient a dose of 500 mg rather than 500 μg of a drug. Which of the following is true?

• A) the patient received an overdose by a factor of 1000
• B) the patient received an overdose by a factor of 100
• C) the patient received an underdose by a factor of 1000
• D) the patient received an underdose by a factor of 100

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