title: Beware of 'lookalikes'.
abstract: In 2014, health staff who were vaccinating children in rebel-held northern Syria accidentally administered a muscle relaxant, atracurium, to up to 75 children, killing 15 of them. An investigation found that the drug was given to the children instead of a solution used to mix measles vaccines because the packaging was similar.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham City University.
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D001279:Atracurium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D019300:Medical Errors; D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning; D013593:Syria
chemical_list: D008458:Measles Vaccine; D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents; D001279:Atracurium