NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital: Multiples Have Higher Risk of Medical Mix-ups in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
August 26, 2019
August 26, 2019
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 -- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital issued the following news release:
Multiple-birth infants had a significantly higher risk of wrong-patient order errors compared with singletons in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The higher error rate was due to misidentification between siblings within sets of twins, triplets, or quadr . . .
Multiple-birth infants had a significantly higher risk of wrong-patient order errors compared with singletons in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The higher error rate was due to misidentification between siblings within sets of twins, triplets, or quadr . . .