Here’s
an interesting article I found in Facebook (of
all places) over brekkie:
It
is no great scientific article, but it told the tale of the importance of the
hospital laboratory.
A
patient (on oral anticoagulation) had massive bruising. This bruising was put
down to poor venesection technique. However laboratory testing showed a
ridiculously high INR and subsequently it transpired that the patient had been
massively overdosed by a mistake in the pharmacy.
The
lab identified the problem, saved the day, and possibly the patient’s life.
It
is a shame that this sort of thing never makes the newspapers….
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