Hong Kong hospital’s second infant error in a month triggers internal investigation
Patient Safety Monitor: Global Edition, August 5, 2008
After an infant suffering from jaundice at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong was given 10 times the amount of morphine needed for a bronchoscopy, the hospital has set up an internal investigation looking into the error, repots the South China Morning Post.
Instead of receiving the appropriate .25 milligrams of morphine, the infant was given 2.5 milligrams and suffered from shallow breathing but is reported to be recovering, according to the Post. The incident was reported to China's Hospital Authority. Earlier this month, a premature newborn was given a blood transfusion with the wrong type of blood. That incident is also undergoing an internal investigation.
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