Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly welcomed their twins,Thomas Boone & Zoe Grace,into the world on November 8th,via surrogate mother.(they are both the biological parents of the babies)Tragically,both infants are currently in the NICU at Cedars Sinai Hospital after a hospital SNAFU,whereupon they were administered a dangerous amount of Heparin,an anti-clotting drug used to flush IV's.The infants were among several patients endangered by this mistake and were admitted to NICU late Sunday after "bleeding out".
The incident was blamed on improper storage of Heparin causing the nurse to grab the wrong dose.A typical IV flush requires 10 units of the drug and the several patients overdosed were given 10 THOUSAND units of the drug!
The hospital is said to be cooperating with the LA County Health Dept to prevent the same thing from re-occuring,and while mistakes happen,this is deadly.Why not actually READ the dose before using it?Its only somebodys life they are playing with!
The Quaids released a statement on Tuesday thanking fans for their support and for respecting their privacy at this difficult time.I will be among many others praying for "The Rookie" and his family this Thanksgiving weekend.
3 comments:
At PRMC a nurse must have another nurse check the dosage on Heparin (on insulin as well) prior to giving it, what a tragedy--hope the little ones recover!
Glad to hear they have standards regarding dosing of potentially lethal drugs.These mistakes happen alot and I too hope everyone involved recovers fully!
You know what that is crazy! More legal stuff needs to be done to control heparin and make it less easy to screw up. It comes in a WIDE range of doses and unfortunately they all look similar. I agree with the other poster - many hospitals require a double check of certain high risk drugs like heparin, insulin and any narcotics as well. Such a shame to have those poor babies hurt like that!
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