Medication Mistake? Infant Dies At Kaiser
At Kaiser Hospital In Santa Clara
KGO By Karina Rusk
Mar. 9 - KGO - An infant has died at a Kaiser hospital from what appears to be a medication mistake.
The death of a newborn child at Kaiser Santa Clara happened within the past week.
Kaiser Permanente issued the following statement to ABC7: “We are deeply sorry for the tragic loss this family has experienced. We are conducting an investigation as to how this error occurred and how we can prevent it from ever happening again.”
Kaiser has notified the appropriate state and federal agencies and says it is cooperating fully with the investigation of the incident.
Kaiser also goes on to say that it has strong policies in place aimed at eliminating medication errors, but it does appear that this death is a result of a medication error.
It comes after a series of very tragic deaths due to human and medication errors at South Bay Kaiser facilities in 2004 and 2005.
In November of 2005, Kaiser said it put some very strict measures in place aimed at reducing and addressing those problems that were at the South Bay facilities and throughout its entire facilities.
Previously:
Kaiser cited for man?s death in hospital
Another death in ?05 attributed to hospital error
Kaiser confirms third patient death due to medication error
Fourth patient has died after mistake at Kaiser hospital
Former Kaiser Doctor Claims Many Medical Mistakes
Hospital safety bill addresses medical errors
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Another horrible, horrible tragedy at Kaiser. I wonder how fast the records will disappear. I wonder how many employees will be fired or blackballed for cooperating with investigators. I wonder how and why these keep happening at Kaiser. Is it just me or are these medication errors happening far too often at Kaiser? These are the ones we are hearing about in the media. Think of all the other victims that we are not even aware of because they can’t get the media attention. My heart goes out to this family.
How many of these “mistakes” is it going to take to get the state officials to wake up? Quite obviously there is something NOT RIGHT happening at Kaiser! This makes my blood boil.
As someone who experienced losing a child at Kaiser last year I can only say how truly sad I am for the parents and family and how outraged I feel at what has happened to them.
This is just one more example of sloppy processes that result in tragedy. This has got to be stopped somehow someway.
I know the parents are now in a different world than they have ever known before and my heart (as I know Beth’s does, as well) breaks for them. Their baby is an angel baby now like our little muffiniser Lehna.
[...] Their investigation outlines numerous failures in the pharmacy from policies and procedures to responsibility and oversight. [...]
[...] Surprise, surprise! Kaiser Permanente spits in the face of its victims once again, with another empty expression of sympathy while refusing to take responsibility for killing yet another innocent Kaiser member. Do you suppose this is what they mean by “Thrive”? [...]