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Safety Story

A paediatric medication error - a staff story

Published on: 22/11/2022

This is Barry’s story where he explains the impact a medication error on a paediatric patient had upon him.  Barry administered correct mediation via the wrong route to a paediatric patient. This resulted in the baby suffering a cardiac arrest which was successfully responded to. In this video, Barry explains what happened and the impact, this had on him.

This patient safety story tells us about the impact of an adverse event on staff, and the importance of managing the adverse event and staff in a timely manner.