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Case study: How DeKalb Medical cut its overridden medication safety alerts after fatal accident
Last October, the hospital was placed under immediate jeopardy following the death of a patient with dementia. After being admitted from a nursing home, the patient was given 10 times the maximum daily dose of a calcium channel blocker, causing a fatal overdose. DeKalb Medical officers self-reported the incident to CMS and released a statement saying they “want to make sure it never happens again.”
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