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QuoteDespite numerous advances in anesthesia safety over the years, former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught's deadly medication error could have been prevented with a few system-wide fixes that aren't that difficult or costly. Certainly, criminalizing her mistake and charging her or any other nurse with negligent homicide and neglect was absolutely the wrong approach.
QuoteFeds said Vaught wasn't the only one who erred; hospital had four "immediate jeopardy" flaws ...
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