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1. MIMS:"hydromorphone causes fatality"

   Joybryant replied to Joybryant's topic in Medications

   Hi,AceofHearts. True. "Every nurse should know the difference between morphine, hydromorphone, and fentanyl" There were some mitigating circumstances, such as the private hospital 'recommending' palliative care after a harrowing 6 months ordeal...

2. MIMS:"hydromorphone causes fatality"

   Joybryant replied to Joybryant's topic in Medications

   Thanks KatieMI, Actually the MIMS Australia is a drug info book primarily aimed at community pharmacists and GPs in Australia www.mims.com.au. I think it has little to do with uptodate... "MIMS" must be catchy. The assertion that 95% of lay p...

3. MIMS:"hydromorphone causes fatality"

   Joybryant replied to Joybryant's topic in Medications

   Hi calivianya, thanks for your thoughtful comments Yes Luer is available for several years and used often for subcut. Globalisation works quick for products but less quickly for medication safety. Unfortunately some nurses,, there are 3 mill...

4. MIMS:"hydromorphone causes fatality"

   Joybryant replied to Joybryant's topic in Medications

   Hi snf0903, It is available as 2mg/ml, 10 mg/ml . I think most hospitals should have limited the 10mg/ml availability by now.. .. should have...it takes a long time for the ISMP recommendations to filter down.. This stuff was known in 2005 ...

5. MIMS:"hydromorphone causes fatality"

   Joybryant replied to Joybryant's topic in Medications

   Hi TraumarusM MIMS is a drug info book designed for Australian drugstore pharmacists primarily (which begs the question why is it used in hospitals) There are safety warnings for tablet meds but not for IV drugs. Indexing is based on drug br...

6. MIMS:"hydromorphone causes fatality"

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   In Sydney, a hydromorphone mixup with morphine caused a patient's death in 2013. The coroner's report just was published. Audrey McGregor inquest: 'Substantial overdose' given by confused nurses, coroner says - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corp...