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Exposed: Hospital errors putting diabetics at risk – Queensland Times
An internal probe has revealed a third of diabetes inpatients in Queensland hospitals are at risk from medication errors and other harm.
High rates of dangerous medication errors and hospital-acquired harm in diabetes patients in the state’s hospitals have been exposed in an internal probe by Queensland Health.
The findings, published today in the Medical Journal of Australia, have revealed that glycaemic control and medication errors were identified in 32 per cent of inpatients in the audit of 27 hospitals.
The research, led by Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital director of clinical pharmacology Dr Peter Donovan, was carried out…
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