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Oct 26, 2007 8:28 am US/Pacific
Kaiser Santa Clara Hospital Fined In Infant Death
(AP)
SANTA CLARA The death of a severely ill baby who was given the
wrong doses of medication at Kaiser-Santa Clara hospital has resulted
in the hospital being fined $25,000.
The fine by state health officials comes after a seven-week-old boy died at the hospital earlier this year.
The boy—who had been born with a genetic disorder that caused a dangerous buildup of ammonia in his body—was given two medications from packages that had been improperly marked.
One package contained a drug that resulted in the child getting about nine times the prescribed dose. The other was a nutritional supplement that gave the boy getting about 25 times the prescribed dose.
A Kaiser official admitted the mistake, but says the hospital will appeal the fine because the facility had taken corrective actions which had been approved by several regulating agencies.
The fine by state health officials comes after a seven-week-old boy died at the hospital earlier this year.
The boy—who had been born with a genetic disorder that caused a dangerous buildup of ammonia in his body—was given two medications from packages that had been improperly marked.
One package contained a drug that resulted in the child getting about nine times the prescribed dose. The other was a nutritional supplement that gave the boy getting about 25 times the prescribed dose.
A Kaiser official admitted the mistake, but says the hospital will appeal the fine because the facility had taken corrective actions which had been approved by several regulating agencies.
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