Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Medical errors

Medical errors or hospital errors can delay recovery,prolong a hospital stay or kill a patient.
                               Some medical errors involve a surgical instrument left inside a patient.
                                 Hospital admission records show that most hospital errors include incorrect drugs or doses,hospital-borne infections and patient accidents,including falls.
                                    A simple drug substitution error cost Deborah Prowse's mother her life in 2004 very tragically.In a medication error,potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride was administered to her,and that error proved fatal for her.Deborah Prowse's mother was a kidney dialysis patient.

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