A decade of Australian methotrexate dosing errors

Objective: Accidental daily dosing of methotrexate can result in life‐threatening toxicity. We investigated methotrexate dosing errors reported to the National Coronial Information System (NCIS), the Therapeutic Goods Administration Database of Adverse Event Notifications (TGA DAEN) and Australian Poisons Information Centres (PICs).

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