Hospital Overdoses Infants on Heparin
According to www.drugtopics.modernmedicine.com employees of Christus Spohn Health System, a Corpus Chirsty, Texas hospital gave overdoses of Heparin to at least 17 babies on July 3, 2008. Heparin is blood thinner medication that is harmless in small doses.
According to www.usatoday.com, two of the infants, a twin brother and sister, died this week. The hospital has stated they have found no link between the medicine overdose and the deaths. Futhermore, the hospital has stated the other infants do not appear to have suffered any adverse effects.
Unfortunately hospital medication errors appear to be out of control. A study referenced in an earlier blog article suggests 11.1 per 100 patients experience some type of medication error while in the hospital.
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