Heparin (drug)

'It's never just one thing' that leads to serious harm

2008-01-28 00:00:00

A technician mistakes an "a" for an "o" in a drug name. A doctor misplaces a decimal point in a prescription order. A nurse reaches for a vial in a cabinet as she's done hundreds of times before, only this time the light is dim and she fails to notice...

Dr. Willem Kolff dies at 97; Dutch physician built first kidney dialysis machine

2009-02-14 00:00:00

Dr. Willem Kolff, the Dutch physician and tinkerer who built the first kidney dialysis machine from cellophane, Ford auto parts and other scraps and in the process saved the lives of millions, died from natural causes Wednesday at a Philadelphia care...

State cites safety drug lapses at Cedars-Sinai

2008-01-10 00:00:00

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's handling of high-risk drugs placed its pediatric patients in immediate jeopardy of harm, the state said Wednesday in its response to an overdose involving the newborn twins of actor Dennis Quaid. In a 20-page report, the...

Patient, protect thyself

2008-01-28 00:00:00

The numbers can be worrisome -- 1 out of 10 hospitalized patients picks up an infection or suffers some kind of mistake while in the hospital, statistics show. And the stories are frightening -- Dennis Quaid's newborn babies were given a huge overdose...

Quaids recall twins' drug overdose

2008-01-15 00:00:00

Before actor Dennis Quaid went to bed Nov. 18, he gave one last call to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where his newborn twins were being treated for staph infections. "Oh, they're fine," Quaid recalled a nurse telling him about 9 p.m. "They're just fine."...

Possible heparin problems detected

2008-02-15 00:00:00

Testing has turned up possible irregularities in some samples of a blood thinner linked to several deaths and hundreds of life-threatening reactions, a spokeswoman for Baxter Healthcare Corp. said Thursday. The disclosure comes amid mounting questions...

Business briefs

2008-03-26 00:00:00

LABOR Walgreen settlement wins OK A federal judge has signed off on Walgreen Co.'s plan to pay $24 million to settle a U.S. lawsuit alleging racial bias at the nation's largest drugstore chain. About 10,000 past and present black Walgreen workers will...

Dennis Quaid files suit over drug mishap

2007-12-05 00:00:00

Actor Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly sued a leading blood-thinner manufacturer Tuesday, saying the labeling and design of the product led to a massive overdose of their newborn twins last month at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The Quaids' babies, Thomas...

Hospital drug errors far from uncommon

2007-11-22 00:00:00

The case of actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins, who were reportedly given 1,000 times the intended dosage of a blood thinner at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, underscores one of the biggest problems facing the healthcare industry: medication errors. At...

Briefs-Harvard Health

2013-03-20 02:30:04

DON'T IGNORE "MILD" STROKES Many people at risk for heart attack are also at higher risk for stroke, since the underlying disease process--atherosclerosis--can block blood flow to the brain, just as it does in the heart. Although many people know that...

Students, educator provide hope in a bottle

2012-11-19 21:35:00

REDFIELD — Linda Van Vleet and her art students are bottling hope. �They're not selling it, though. The Redfield school art teacher had her students make Bottles of Hope for cancer patients. �The bottles, made of glass and clay, contain hope and...

What you need to know before you or a loved one go into the hospital

2012-08-15 00:00:00

Most people know they should have an advocate with them when they go into the hospital. But they don't know how to be a good advocate for others. Karen Curtiss isn't a health care professional, but a former marketing consultant and mother of four who...

Salary: $1,408,846 Bonus: $0 Stock awards: $5,099,681 Options awards: $3,386,214 Non-equity incentive pay: $2,900,184 Change in pension value and deferred compensation: $1,223,451 Other pay: $37,103 Robert L. Parkinson Jr.

2012-05-19 06:32:00