Two men were cleaning the inside of a 4 foot tank that is used to hold blood plasma and were overcome by ethanol . Ethanol is used to separate extract blood plasma. The man who did called 911 when he found the other 2 men unconscious the fire department stated. This is a case for an...
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The NY Times has an article today stating a letter was sent to Baxter about the recalls. About 200,000 pumps need to be recalled, this is huge. Again going back to my campaign for bar codes and their use with drugs and medical devices, their use would have made this process a lot easier for...
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Just a couple months ago recalls were announced for the Aquarius Hemodialysis systems with Baxter so this is another large recall and the good news is the upgrade with wireless on the newer units – pictured is the Sigma Spectrum pump that Baxter will offer as a replacement. Around 200,000 units...
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Heparin and safety still needs to be monitored for safety. In case you missed what happened to Dennis Quaid and his wife, here’s a couple links to refresh. Dennis Quaid receives settlement from Cedars-Sinai – Medical Errors Quaid's Twins Got 2,000X Dosage: Probe The hospital is investigating...
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The devices are used on a 24 hour a day basis for patients with life-threatening kidney disease to keep fluid levels even. This is not a big recall unless it is you or someone you know depending on this device. As with many of devices today, the problem lies in software and an update is...
This is great and nice that celebrities are also speaking out. The related reading below has a history of all the past articles about Dennis McQuaid’s story and problems at the hospital, medical errors. We all have so much on our plates today, there is no way we can manually handle the workloads...
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Two of the biggest causes today for medical errors are lack of information and distraction, yes distraction can very well do it. As we are all so much busier today with tough economic times and the additional flow of information to handle, we need “good filters”, as earlier in another post I had...
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The lawsuit against Baxter still to come, but this goes along with really needing technology and trained staff to work with such in hospitals and doctor’s offices. This could happen to anyone, anywhere. With the deluge of information just due to changes in healthcare and the availability...
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