Intravenous fluid administration error

August 16, 2008

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A Californian medical center is being investigated by the state Department of Public Health after a July 31 incident involving a patient and intravenous fluid administration.

The error involved a medication that was administered at a rate greater than what was ordered, the hospital says. The patient who had too much intravenous fluid is in stable condition, the hospital says.

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Written by Andrew Jackson · Filed Under All, News, Safety 

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