Hospital safety lapses lead to thousands of children's deaths
Hospital Safety Connection, June 15, 2004
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Researchers in a new study concluded that lapses in hospital safety account for the deaths of thousands of children each year, the Baltimore Sun reports.
The study, published in the new issue of Pediatrics, also found that these lapses result in more than $1 billion in extra hospital charges from longer stays and follow-up care.
According to the study, more than 4,000 children died in 2000 because of safety lapses with the youngest and poorest patients the most vulnerable. Researchers analyzed 5.7 million hospital discharge records of children 18 years or younger in 27 states.
In conducting the study, researchers analyzed 20 of the most common patient safety problems, but excluded medication errors-one of the most frequent types of medical mistakes. In 16 of the 20 safety categories studied, the error rate was more than 100 for every 10,000 children discharged. Obstetric trauma, failure to resuscitate, and postoperative sepsis were the most common problems.
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