Originally published January 17 2004
FDA tries to reduce number of hospitals deaths caused by medical mix-ups
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The FDA is standing behind a requirement that would reduce the number of
deaths caused by prescription drugs (which are now the third leading
cause of death in the United States). Hospitals, it seems, have an
atricious record for accuracy when delivering drugs to patients. And as
research has shown, nurses will administer practically any drug to
patients -- even drugs prescribed with fatal doses. The FDA aims to
help, in part, by reducing the frequency of drug mix-ups by requiring
bar code labeling on hospital drugs. In theory, this would reduce the
number of deaths caused by medical error and, ultimately, save some
lives. Of course, it's all based on the assumption that the right drugs
are better than the wrong drugs, and since even the "correct" drugs are
so deadly to patients in the first place, killing over a hundred
thousand each year in the U.S. alone, it's hardly a major victory for
consumer safety.
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