Positive for Barbiturates

[verock]

Hi everyone. My cousin had her baby yesterday morning- term and healthy. She ended up going to a nearby hospital instead of the hosp. where she was receiving pnc. Well this morning her nurse came in and took the baby back to the nursery and explained to her that the baby came out pos. for barbiturates, my cousin was neg. and so they notified the social worker, and DCFS. She did take benadryl and reg. tylenol this past weekend for a really bad cold w/ ok from her doc. She does not drink, smoke or take any other meds. and I'm 100% sure she doesn't do anything illegal. She's a 1st time mom, and has had excellent prenatal care! We don't understand what happened- she had no pain meds during labor. please if anyone can give me advice.

[tasharn]

Well it is policy that if a patient is a drop in (meaning a hospital that didn't do the primary care) then we screen them both. Lots of mom's who are positive do hospital hopping in hopes of not getting caught and the baby taken away by dhs. I am sorry this happen to your cousin, I would demand a repeat, because labs make mistakes

[BittyBabyGrower, MSN, RN]

We don't have to have consent for the baby either if a situation warrants. They send them a lot on our abruptions since we have a high coke use in our population.