Space shuttle Atlantis leaves Mir in orbital ballet
In Houston, astronauts and cosmonauts watched Atlantis, the Soyuz capsule, and Mir separate after five days as a single craft. Pilot Charles Precourt called it a dreamlike, rapid voyage. The three vessels hovered about it for 30 minutes at five miles per second. Atlantis will return to Mir in late October with a new crew. six dockings are planned over the next two years.
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Bar code could cut hospital drug errors, says Harvard team
Dr. Lucian L. Leape heads a Harvard team that found 334 drug errors at Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals in six months to July 1993. Doctors, nurses, and clerical staff contributed to misdosing and misprescribing, with 70 patients having complications. Leape urges standardized bar coding at bedsides to prevent such errors.
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Dallas balloon landing claims life of woman from Dallas
A hot air balloon landed hard near Davis California tossing three out of the gondola. One passenger, Caroline Kinnear of Dallas, died. The two injured were treated and released. The pilot with nine passengers onboard attempted a morning landing in a large open field with light fog and winds under 20 mph.
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