In 2010, a 40-day old baby died at the hospital after a staff member administered a fatal dose of sodium chloride into the child’s IV after heart surgery. According to the report, the baby received a dose 60 times the amount originally prescribed by his physician. The wrong dosage had apparently been entered into a machine that mixes IV solutions.
Since the incident, the hospital has taken steps to ensure such a mistake doesn’t happen again.
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