All Posts Tagged With: "Heparin"

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8
Jul
2008

Fourteen Preemies Given Blood Thinner Overdose at Texas Hospital

Fox News is reporting that the NICU at Christus Spohn Hospital South, Texas gave fourteen premature babies overdoses of the pediatric version of the blood thinner Heparin.
The error in the dosage of the medicine, used to flush intravenous lines to prevent blood clots from forming, was discovered Sunday night by hospital nurses who noticed abnormalities [...]

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21
Mar
2008

Doctors Fined For Quaid Twins Overdose

E!news online is reporting that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been fined $25,000 for the staff errors that led to overdoses of blood thinners being administered to three infants, including Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins, Thomas and Zoe, in November.

The California Department of Public Health, which determined the penalty, cited the prominent Los Angeles hospital in January [...]

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21
Nov
2007

Cedar Sinai Doctors Apologize For Accidentally Overdosing Quaid Twins

The doctors who were looking after the Quaid twins in the hospital have a statement apologizing for their error.
In the statement hospital officials say that the accidental overdose, which occurred on Sunday, was a “preventable error”.
Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, were accidentally given a massive dose of Heparin, an anti-coagulant. Babies typically get [...]

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