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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Patient dies after nurse administered 8,000 times the prescribed dose of blood pressure medication

Patient dies after nurse administered 8,000 times the prescribed dose of blood pressure medication

  • Vibra Hospital of Sacramento is being sued over the death of a patient
  • A new nurse came in to administer the patient's daily injection of Levonphed for low blood pressure
  • But she didn't read the prescribed dose and pumped in between 3,000 and 8,000 times the dose
  • The patient's heart became overwhelmed as she was administering the drug, and died 30 minutes later 
  • Vibra is one of seven California hospitals facing fines up to $75,000 for this and other fatal mistakes that cost patients their lives

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