Ascension hospital cited for immediate jeopardy after drug mix-up harmed 4 patients
A medication mix-up at Ascension St. Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville, Tenn., severely harmed four surgical patients and placed the hospital in immediate jeopardy on three CMS conditions of participation, a state survey found. On Aug. 14, four patients undergoing elective joint-replacement surgery were injected in the spine with potassium phosphate — a high-alert medication […] The post Ascension hospital cited for immediate jeopardy after drug mix-up harmed 4 patients appeared first o...
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