Sally Furniss
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Kinds of pneumonia vaccine six children to send the wrong antipyretics
BCG-old boy mistakenly hit ten times
2009-9-8
Photo: Thomas Tsang, young children were wrong to fight pneumonia, after needle apologize antipyretics (newspaper photo)
Ta Kung Pao in Hong Kong again to send the wrong drug events. Department of Health, children below the age of two starting from the day before yesterday, free catch-up pneumococcal vaccination, during which some parents were issued wrong dose of anti-fever medicine "paracetamol." As of last night has been confirmed at least one child under one year old, had taken more than the required dose of anti-fever medicine. CHP, Dr Thomas Tsang of apology on the incident, stressing the incident would not adversely affecting the health of young children, the authorities will continue to liaise with other parents, and will change the work flow, organization specifically responsible for sending drugs to prevent recurrence of similar incidents.
Dr Tsang said that on the 6th there are more than 4500 children, respectively, to Hong Kong 29 maternal and child health centers vaccination, but both were members of a fever drug injection, the error distribution of inappropriate doses of anti-fever medicine "in pursuit of hot - interest rate pain. "
Send the wrong dose of high and low
As of last night, the Administration has successfully contacted 300 parents, so far found six cases, inconsistent with the wrong age to take the drug, one of the children under one year old, had taken more than twice the required dose of anti-fever medicine; another five Name one over the age of children, taking less than the required dose of anti-fever medicine. Thomas Tsang, apologized to parents on the incident and said an investigation had been a timely manner, temporarily found in Lam Tin and Ngau Tau Kok Health Centers error injection and drug records were out of a maximum of respectively 99 and 38.
Health Center, a maximum of two errors
Dr Tsang stressed that children under the age of one, if taken more than the recommended dosage of anti-fever medicine weight, the majority of cases do not constitute a health problem; and one over the age of children taking anti-fever medicine component shortage would not affect the健康. Dr Tsang said that in order to prevent recurrence of similar incidents, the Department will take three measures, including the spin-off workflow, by sending staff responsible for dispensing drugs in medicine is no longer balanced by the injection member, and two different doses of anti-fever drug identification tags separate, more convenient identification, as well as in health centers every Sunday and opening up, and strengthen the guidance of members to send medicine. Administration has now set up a hotline 2125-2125 for the parents to check and will continue to follow up contact with other parents, Dr Tsang said the parents takes the wrong medicine can be any one of the nearest maternal and child health centers, needed any medication.
Members of this by sending a select distribution of drugs
For events, and health services sector in the Legislative Council members Joseph criticism, resources and manpower so scare that the Government should review the entire medical and nursing staff training procedures. In his view, the shortage, vaccinations, etc. need to outsource is also nothing wrong when it comes to injections, drugs were high-risk procedures, should enhance non-formal medical training so that they have sufficient capacity to deal with things, reduce the incidence of medical malpractice risk.
Hong Kong Society of Hospital Pharmacists Cuijun Ming, vice president of the view that even if we ask the Auxiliary Medical Service is responsible for pneumococcal vaccination of children, but the whole process should be to send the professional pharmacist stationed at the address to send drugs, prevent procedure errors. AMS Health Protection Division Command Chen Wenzhong said that the incident was still learning about them, an unknown system error reasons, do not think that the AMS is not suitable for vaccination efforts
http://www.takungpao.com/news/09/09/08/GY-1138751.htm
BCG-old boy mistakenly hit ten times
2009-9-8
Photo: Thomas Tsang, young children were wrong to fight pneumonia, after needle apologize antipyretics (newspaper photo)
Ta Kung Pao in Hong Kong again to send the wrong drug events. Department of Health, children below the age of two starting from the day before yesterday, free catch-up pneumococcal vaccination, during which some parents were issued wrong dose of anti-fever medicine "paracetamol." As of last night has been confirmed at least one child under one year old, had taken more than the required dose of anti-fever medicine. CHP, Dr Thomas Tsang of apology on the incident, stressing the incident would not adversely affecting the health of young children, the authorities will continue to liaise with other parents, and will change the work flow, organization specifically responsible for sending drugs to prevent recurrence of similar incidents.
Dr Tsang said that on the 6th there are more than 4500 children, respectively, to Hong Kong 29 maternal and child health centers vaccination, but both were members of a fever drug injection, the error distribution of inappropriate doses of anti-fever medicine "in pursuit of hot - interest rate pain. "
Send the wrong dose of high and low
As of last night, the Administration has successfully contacted 300 parents, so far found six cases, inconsistent with the wrong age to take the drug, one of the children under one year old, had taken more than twice the required dose of anti-fever medicine; another five Name one over the age of children, taking less than the required dose of anti-fever medicine. Thomas Tsang, apologized to parents on the incident and said an investigation had been a timely manner, temporarily found in Lam Tin and Ngau Tau Kok Health Centers error injection and drug records were out of a maximum of respectively 99 and 38.
Health Center, a maximum of two errors
Dr Tsang stressed that children under the age of one, if taken more than the recommended dosage of anti-fever medicine weight, the majority of cases do not constitute a health problem; and one over the age of children taking anti-fever medicine component shortage would not affect the健康. Dr Tsang said that in order to prevent recurrence of similar incidents, the Department will take three measures, including the spin-off workflow, by sending staff responsible for dispensing drugs in medicine is no longer balanced by the injection member, and two different doses of anti-fever drug identification tags separate, more convenient identification, as well as in health centers every Sunday and opening up, and strengthen the guidance of members to send medicine. Administration has now set up a hotline 2125-2125 for the parents to check and will continue to follow up contact with other parents, Dr Tsang said the parents takes the wrong medicine can be any one of the nearest maternal and child health centers, needed any medication.
Members of this by sending a select distribution of drugs
For events, and health services sector in the Legislative Council members Joseph criticism, resources and manpower so scare that the Government should review the entire medical and nursing staff training procedures. In his view, the shortage, vaccinations, etc. need to outsource is also nothing wrong when it comes to injections, drugs were high-risk procedures, should enhance non-formal medical training so that they have sufficient capacity to deal with things, reduce the incidence of medical malpractice risk.
Hong Kong Society of Hospital Pharmacists Cuijun Ming, vice president of the view that even if we ask the Auxiliary Medical Service is responsible for pneumococcal vaccination of children, but the whole process should be to send the professional pharmacist stationed at the address to send drugs, prevent procedure errors. AMS Health Protection Division Command Chen Wenzhong said that the incident was still learning about them, an unknown system error reasons, do not think that the AMS is not suitable for vaccination efforts
http://www.takungpao.com/news/09/09/08/GY-1138751.htm