Fatal drug mix-up exposes hospital flaws
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Early last Saturday, nurses at an Indianapolis hospital went to the drug cabinet in the newborn intensive care unit to get blood-thinner for several premature babies.
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A hospital which gave 12 patients the wrong results after cancer checks, finds more 'discrepancies'.
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A Seattle hospital&#39;s recent decision to switch antiseptics from a brown solution to a colorless liquid appears to have played a key role in the death of an Everett woman.
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An antibiotic often used in hospital intensive care units to treat serious staph infections resistant to other medicines may cause a sometimes-fatal bleeding condition, researchers said on Wednesday.
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The complex nature of drug names can cause prescription errors and be harmful to patients, academics say.
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Officials estimate that counterfeits of life-saving drugs may be a factor in up to 200,000 deaths each year.
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NEW YORK  -Australian actor Heath Ledger's death was an accident caused by the abuse of prescription drugs, six of which were found in his body, the New York City medical examiner's office said on Wednesday.
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Australian actor Heath Ledger's death was an accident caused by the abuse of prescription medications, the New York City medical examiner's office said on Wednesday.
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There's an open secret in medicine: Patients lie.
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Despite the perception that technology is the panacea that will improve patient safety and reduce medication errors, nearly 20 percent of hospital and health system medication errors reported to USP&#39;s MEDMARXSM program in 2003 involved computerization or
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A doctor's administration of drugs hastened the deaths of two babies and was "tantamount to euthanasia", an inquiry hears.
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An inquiry hears a doctor gave a massive dose of a drug to two terminally ill babies, hastening their deaths.
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In a sharp change of direction, many medical authorities are questioning the safety of American drugs. In a challenge unthinkable even two months ago, Dr.
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Â· Inquiry slams mis-prescribing of drugsÂ· Doctors 'ignoring official guidelines'
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SEATTLE - A woman who underwent surgery for a brain aneurysm died after she was mistakenly injected with an antiseptic solution instead of a harmless X-ray marker dye, hospital officials say.
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WEDNESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. hospitals that switched from using doctors&#39; handwritten prescriptions to computerized drug ordering systems had a 66 percent drop in medication errors, say the authors of a review that looked at the results of 12 studies.
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A Seattle-area woman died early yesterday, two weeks after she was accidentally injected with a toxic cleansing solution during a medical procedure at Seattle&#39;s Virginia Mason Hospital.