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Labour and delivery mistakes happen all too often today. Many errors have been reported in the literature involving high-alert medications in labor and delivery; some of these errors have resulted in fatalities. Most of these errors were the result of unfamiliarity with safe dosage ranges and signs of toxicity, inadequate patient monitoring, pump programming errors etc..For details visit – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Labour room errors


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Labor Room Errors
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Doctors and nurses give their utmost
attention to the patient when they treat them.
Sometimes, however, medical errors occur. These
errors can be disturbing, particularly when
babies are involved and the errors happen during
labor and delivery. To make things worse,
sometimes medical professionals will not report
their mistakes or even falsify records in order
to cover up what really happened. Here we discuss
some errors that may happen in a labor room.
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Failure to observe or sense problems with heart
rate or oxygen levels, etc.
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Failure to organize a timely C-Section.
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Wrong use of delivery tools.
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Incorrect medication or incorrect dose.
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Failure to identify infection.
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Failure to analyze possible birth complications.
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Nobody likes to confess an error. In the
medical society, the risk for errors are
particularly high. Doctors and hospitals do not
want to suffer the consequences from medical
errors as reputations may be badly influenced.
Medical professionals do not want to have to pay
people for their mistakes and so many times,
errors are not admitted. So what can you do
if you suspect your childs injury is due to a
labor and delivery error and it is being covered
up? The answer is simple get legal assistance
as soon as possible.
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New Jersey Medical Malpractice Lawyer firm
is an experienced law firm which deals with
medical malpractice cases. John Ratkowitz is the
head of this firm and its working is based in
Roseland, New Jersey. If you are seeking legal
help to get fair compensation, New Jersey Medical
Malpractice firm is the right place for you.
http//njmedicallawyer.com
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