In Copyright Since September 11, 2000 This web site is in no manner affiliated with any Kaiser entity and the for profit Permanente Permission is granted to mirror this web site - Please acknowledge where the material was obtained. ABOUT US | CONTACT | MCRC | PRIVACY POLICY $25,000 PENALTY FOR KAISER'S DRUG ERROR Kaiser-Santa Clara
hospital fined after baby's death
Kaiser-Santa Clara hospital was fined $25,000
Thursday by state
health officials after a medication error killed a severely ill baby,
in a disturbing replay of two similar incidents since 2004.
The baby boy, born with a genetic disorder that caused a dangerous buildup of ammonia in his body, received two medications that had been improperly packaged. One medication, a nutritional supplement, was given at about 25 times the prescribed dose; the other drug was given at about nine times the prescribed dose. The infant died on Feb. 24 at 7 weeks old. http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_7285867Department of Public Health on Kaiser Permanente regarding the Santa Clara Hospital fine of $25,000 at: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/certlic/facilities/Documents/2567KaiserFoundation.pdf and https://kaiserpapers.com/californianews/pdfs/2567KaiserFoundation.pdf text version of the above pdf file is at: https://kaiserpapers.com/californianews/kaiserpermanentesantaclaratextfine.html Oct 26, 2007 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. http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_299113031.html mirrored for historical purposes at: https://kaiserpapers.com/californianews/kaisersantaclarafine.html Oct 25, 2007 9:21 pm US/Pacific
S. Bay Kaiser Hospital Fined In Newborn's Death (BCN) SANTA CLARA The Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Santa Clara has been penalized by the California Department of Public Health for policy failures that led to the death of a newborn from over-medication. The hospital was penalized because the death was a result of "substandard care," CDPH spokeswoman Suanne Buggy said. http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_299002444.html and mirrorred at: https://kaiserpapers.com/californianews/kaisersantaclaranewborn.html Federal
Report On Kaiser Infant Death
June 8, 2007 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5380129 Kaiser
Santa Clara
Death of infant from hospital error probed Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer Saturday, March 10, 2007 State and federal authorities are investigating a medication error at Kaiser Permanente's Santa Clar hospital that led to the death of an infant, Kaiser officials confirmed Friday. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/10/BAGILOJ3D11.DTLmirrored for istorical purposes at: https://kaiserpapers.com/news/ca/march10.html
Department of Health Services Sanction Against Kaiser
Permanente Santa
Clara
https://kaiserpapers.com/kaiserSantaClaraDHSReport.pdf 21 pages
Nov. 04, 2005
In July, a 12-year-old girl hospitalized at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center-Santa Clara was mistakenly given a double dose of epinephrine, which speeds up the heart rate, state records show. Josephine Frances Hart, a San Jose resident who loved to play with marbles, died July 26, the same day of the error. Her official cause of death is still being investigated by the county coroner's office, but state health investigators determined that a nurse failed to check the medication label. See: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/13079133.htm text mirrored at: https://kaiserpapers.com/news/ca/josephinehart.html Nov
10, 2005 5:37 pm US/Pacific
Kaiser Inspection Records Show Signs Of Danger Tony Russomanno Reporting from:
http://cbs5.com/health/local_story_314204226.html
mirrored at: https://kaiserpapers.com/news/ca/dangerouskaiser.html Department
of Health Services
Sanction Against Kaiser Permanente Santa
Clara Medicare
Overpayment Kaiser Santa Clara of - $179,018.00 - Audit completed 2002
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Heartfelt Error - Zahman Ahmed victim of Kaiser - Kaiser Santa
Clara Story
http://www.savvyhealth.com/disp.asp?doc_id=631 In May 1995, Zahman Ahmed*, a Silicon Valley tech worker was admitted into a Kaiser Clinic in Santa Clara, Calif. Although Ahmed was complaining of chest pains, the E.R. physicians told him that he looked too slim and healthy to be having a heart attack, denied him any sort of cardiac testing and sent him home. |