Guest Blog Post From South Africa: Haunted By Inaction
Many thanks to Dr. Bongi at All Things Amanzi for hosting me at his blog in South Africa. Here’s an excerpt from my post:
When I was a medical student rotating at a hospital that shall remain unnamed, I witnessed a medical error that has haunted me ever since. I was partnered with a team of residents in the inpatient pediatric unit, and late one night a two month old baby was accidentally infused with an entire bottle of Foscarnet instead of normal saline. The nurse who gave the infusion was working as a locum tenens – a traveling nurse who spent a few months here and there filling in for others at various hospitals…
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