Babies given wrong dose of Heparin @ Cedar Sinai

Apparently Baxter flat-out refused to change the packaging after the Indianapolis incident.

Recheck those syringes Sue...An insulin syringe holds 1 ml of insulin which is 100 units.

Where I work 2 cc vials of Heparin equal 10,000 units.

You cannot compare units of Insulin with units of Heparin because there is no comparison...like apples and oranges.

Okay, I am missing something.

A unit in insulin generally equals a ml. So how big would a freakin' syringe have to be to contain 10,000 u of hep?

What am I missing?

And who just grabs big, honkin' syringes and starts whacking teensy babies with 'em? I don't care where the aide alledgedly left 'em.

Recheck those syringes Sue...An insulin syringe holds 1 ml of insulin which is 100 units.

But, my point is that the "root cause" is the packaging. The manufacturer should NEVER have packaged them so similarly. The fact that they continue to do so is beyond belief. Inexcusable. And, of course, that is never mentioned in the press releases. Frosts my cookies.