'It's never just one thing' that leads to serious error
By Susan Brink
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
January 28 2008
A technician mistakes an "a" for an "o" in a drug name. A doctor misplaces a decimal point in a prescription order. A nurse reaches for a vial in a cabinet as she's done hundreds of times before, only this time the light is dim and she fails to notice that the powder-blue label is more of a sky blue. The slip-ups are often simple, and always human, and all have happened in U.S. hospitals.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-errors28jan28,1,185313.story
Monday, January 28, 2008
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