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Originally published January 17 2004

FDA tries to reduce number of hospitals deaths caused by medical mix-ups

by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor

The FDA is standing behind a requirement that would reduce the number of deaths caused by prescription drugs (which are now the third leading cause of death in the United States). Hospitals, it seems, have an atricious record for accuracy when delivering drugs to patients. And as research has shown, nurses will administer practically any drug to patients -- even drugs prescribed with fatal doses.

The FDA aims to help, in part, by reducing the frequency of drug mix-ups by requiring bar code labeling on hospital drugs. In theory, this would reduce the number of deaths caused by medical error and, ultimately, save some lives. Of course, it's all based on the assumption that the right drugs are better than the wrong drugs, and since even the "correct" drugs are so deadly to patients in the first place, killing over a hundred thousand each year in the U.S. alone, it's hardly a major victory for consumer safety.



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