Drug blunder at KKH

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Adanya kesalahan manusia (Human Error) di KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) mengakibatkan dua pasien kanker mendapatkan injeksi obat kemoterapi lebih dari dosis yang diharuskan.

Mereka disuntik dalam jangka waktu beberapa jam sekali dimana seharusnya obat tersebut diberikan dalam jangka waktu beberapa hari sekali. Satu diantara mereka saat ini dalam kondisi yang serius.

Saat ini pasien sudah diberikan antidote untuk melawan efek dari overdosis tersebut tapi untuk mengetahui apakah ada organ tubuh yang rusak akibat overdosis ini baru akan bisa diketahui beberapa minggu kemudian.

HUMAN error at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) led to two cancer patients being given more chemotherapy drugs than they were supposed to get.They had the drugs injected into them in a matter of hours instead of over several days. One of them is now in a potentially serious situation.

She has been given an antidote to counteract the effects of the overdose, but it will be at least a couple of weeks before doctors can tell whether any of her organs have been damaged by the highly toxic drugs in her bloodstream.

salma@sph.com.sg

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_453343.html

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