Patient dies after IV drug error

August 12, 2008

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BBC News have reported that an inquest has heard that a woman died after accidentally being given the wrong drug.

Joan Nicholls, 77, was admitted to Stafford General Hospital in September 2006 with suspected kidney failure. She was given a drip with an anaesthetic, instead of other drugs intended to restore her blood pressure. The BBC report “… that hours after being admitted to the hospital’s emergency assessment unit, her condition began to deteriorate. Mrs Nicholls’ blood pressure dropped and medical staff initially administered the drug Gelfusine through an intravenous drip to try to rehydrate the patient. However, it was later mistakenly replaced with the drug Lignocaine, commonly used for local anaesthetics. The hearing was told Mrs Nicholls, of Pye Green, South Staffordshire, was given an “enormous dose” of the drug. Senior staff nurse Nikki Bacon, who was on duty at the time, said there was a “shocked silence” when doctors realised what had happened”.

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Written by Andrew Jackson · Filed Under All, News 

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