tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post2735898666722121582..comments2023-11-03T06:12:03.847-05:00Comments on Mrs. Linklater's Guide to the Universe: Big MistakeMrs. Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16582230399160973531noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-39535893240513673732006-09-23T16:35:00.000-05:002006-09-23T16:35:00.000-05:00Living in Indy, I can say that his hospital is one...Living in Indy, I can say that his hospital is one of the best in the city, and I dare say these types of incidents are few and far between... though they are very negligent in the case of these babies.<br><br>It is a rule to always double check medicines before dosing... but like with most jobs, people get in a routine and take things for granted.<br><br>The nurses trusted that the vials were the right ones. Mistake, no doubt. But I think the tech(s) who stocked the carts should get the most severe punishment. I think the nurses should be reprimanded and made to go to some refresher classes or similar... Mostly likey, they will all be fired. <br><br>I agree that the manufacturer should change the caps to different colors entirely, rather than different shades of the same one... and that they should be held financially responsible, at least partially... though I doubt that will happen.<br><br>CatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-40048959787194693522006-09-23T16:36:00.000-05:002006-09-23T16:36:00.000-05:00FYI~ No unions in hospitals here. Well, not publi...FYI~ No unions in hospitals here. Well, not public ones anyway...<br><br>CatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-26171803341353113612006-09-23T17:03:00.000-05:002006-09-23T17:03:00.000-05:00Being an RN, I can tell you that there are always ...Being an RN, I can tell you that there are always a lot of stops and checks that have to fall into place before a medicine reaches the patient. The last one, however, is the person administering the drug. I can't tell you how many times I've received the wrong drug, or dose from the pharmacy. It falls to the person who ultimately administers the drug. The hospitals try to create checks and balances. They do work, to a point. But, it ultimately falls to the person who is actually giving the drug. Simple as that. Being an RN, I don't personally think there is ANY excuse for that kind of negligence. NONE. But, that's just MY opinion.<br>Pam<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-86963960775797098562006-09-23T20:29:00.000-05:002006-09-23T20:29:00.000-05:00I just returned from a call for service involving ...I just returned from a call for service involving a teenage boy who tried to un-jam his bicycle chain with his finger. While was riding the bike. While he was pedaling. Twelve stitches later I now understand why we need stickers and warnings on things. HUMANS ARE STUPID, LAZY ANIMALS.<br><br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-23309533694036056392006-09-23T23:08:00.000-05:002006-09-23T23:08:00.000-05:00I knew from an early age just how stupid people ca...I knew from an early age just how stupid people can be. I was eight years old in the hospital to have my tonsils out, the kid next to me was a BOY scheduled for some kind of stomach surgery. They picked me up and put me on a gurney took me all the way to the operating room, before someone noticed - oh this is a girl, not a boy...oh crap we have the wrong patient! The orderly took me back, he was angry and dumped me on the bed as if it were my fault that he was so stupid not to read the charts right. I hope those parent sue the doctors/nurses/hospital and anybody else who was involved. SandiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-35715271712705863562006-09-24T03:03:00.000-05:002006-09-24T03:03:00.000-05:00It was a sad story but humans are flawed....I'm su...It was a sad story but humans are flawed....I'm sure these nurses will grieve. Something like light blue vs. dark blue font and words so similar,,,its something that can just easily happen....Its all so sad....I'm sure the hospital will turn itself upside down trying to resolve this from never happening again but in this case, its not the same as a doctor cutting off the wrong breast. Details,,attention to details every single day and moment at work is bound to find mistakes...I'm just amazed how doctors and nurses do this all day long and this rarely happens..I think doctores and nurses extend perfection to the furthest degree of what is possible for man....<br><br>sad for everyone involved...-Raven<br><br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-47088630169779354082006-09-24T08:38:00.000-05:002006-09-24T08:38:00.000-05:00Interesting that you say the FONT was a different ...Interesting that you say the FONT was a different shade of blue. I went back and reread the sentence and , technically, grammatically, IT refers to the FONT, not the color of the product itself. <br><br>That's even worse. Perhaps if the adult version was a colorless liquid and the kids' version was blue it would have helped. But it both were colorless, sheesh.<br><br>Mrs. LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-63275041736396491892006-09-25T10:06:00.000-05:002006-09-25T10:06:00.000-05:00The pharmacy tried to hand me a prescription once ...The pharmacy tried to hand me a prescription once that I knew wasn't mine. They said it had my name on it, so it had to be mine. I refused it. I went back to my office and called my ex, the pharmacist, and told him what the rx was. He said I should have taken it. It lowers blood pressure, and mine is so low naturally that I have to have a warning on my driver's license. He said I could have paid off my house from that lawsuit, had I chosen to accept the drug.<br><br>Another time, I was in a hospital the day after major surgery. I was groggy, but not stupid. A nurse came to me with a pill in her pocket, loose, and told me to take it. I didn't recognize it, and said NO. She got mad, I got mad, and I still said NO. She came back to me later, and apologized. She said it was for the man in the next room. I asked her what it was for. What else? To lower blood pressure. Even with my entire abdomen full of stitches, I laughed. No, I didn't even bother to make a complaint, although I should have. <br><br>xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-25651556834445854582006-09-25T16:22:00.000-05:002006-09-25T16:22:00.000-05:00In my line of work, we have to double, triple, qua...In my line of work, we have to double, triple, quadruple check things all along the way.<br>I'm meticulous, I'm careful, and still, have caught myself writing XX when I see XY; and while no harm, no foul happened, I still shudder when I think about making the mistake.<br><br>People get hurried, they get complacent, and there's no excuse; no exception--no one is perfect. But if you are working with life or death, you should be.<br>AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com