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Advocate Excellance: Numerous Mistakes Led to Fatal Blood Transfusion at St. Luke's in Houston, Report Finds

  • 1.  Advocate Excellance: Numerous Mistakes Led to Fatal Blood Transfusion at St. Luke's in Houston, Report Finds

    Posted 03-06-2019 21:59
    Edited by Karen Williams 03-06-2019 22:03
    Organization (Website) Origin: ProPublica https://www.propublica.org

    Topic Brief:

    This is an news article the website produced in collaboration with the Houston Chronicle.  The title says it all.  "Numerous Mistakes Led to Fatal Blood Transfusion at St. Luke's in Houston, Report Finds"  It allows you to view the 99 page inspection report, which I encourage you to read. 

    URL:  https://www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-houston-hospital-numerous-mistakes-fatal-blood-transfusion

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    Karen Williams
    Baskin LA
    (318) 282-5153
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  • 2.  RE: Advocate Excellance: Numerous Mistakes Led to Fatal Blood Transfusion at St. Luke's in Houston, Report Finds

    Posted 03-07-2019 09:55
    You may want to consider publishing this over to the Open Forum and point people back to this community for the discussion. The report is getting a lot of notice in the social media world for laboratorians.

    Jim

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    Jim Flanigan, CAE
    Executive Vice President
    American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)
    1861 International Drive, #200 McLean, VA 22102
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