Heparin Overdose Suspected In Texas Hospital Baby Death, 16 Others Affected
Reports are coming in that a hospital in Texas, USA, is investigating how up to 17 babies in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) received an overdose of the blood thinner heparin; one of the babies is dead although the cause of death is not yet known. A CNN news report said that officials at Christus Spohn Hospital South, located in Corpus Christi, a coastal city in south east Texas, have put “corrective action” in place after they discovered the overdose.
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Filed under: Blood on July 16th, 2008