News | Health & Safety
16 May 2024 20:13
| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity
SEARCH 

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
    •    News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

    •
      Home > News > Health & Safety

    A pharmacy medication mix-up - ended with a four year old boy needing to be admitted to hospital

    A pharmacy medication mix-up - ended with a four year old boy needing to be admitted to hospital


    He'd been prescribed a liquid hayfever medication - and after two doses had an apparent severe allergic reaction.

    A toxicology screen found the presence of an incorrect antipsychotic medicine.

    The pharmacy has been found in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights for the dispensing error.

    After a MedSafe investigation, the pharmacy made changes including getting new machinery, and increasing staffing.

    © 2024 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Health & Safety News
     16 May: A study has revealed a new, much less painful way to prevent rheumatic heart disease
     16 May: A cluster of whooping cough cases have emerged in a Christchurch household
     15 May: Health experts are advising caution as people turn up the heat to combat the chill
     15 May: I’m pregnant. Do I need a multivitamin?
     15 May: The disability sector says the Government should address chronic under-funding and under-resourcing
     14 May: Many new mums struggle, but NZ’s postnatal services often fail to address maternal mental health – new study
     14 May: 154 million lives saved in 50 years: 5 charts on the global success of vaccines
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Blues welcome back former All Black and hand debut to brother of one for Saturday's Super Rugby match More...

    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Do mortgage advisors need more regulation - alongside a Commerce Commission bid to make it easier to take out a home loan? More...


     Today's News

    		 Entertainment:
    Dame Judi Dench has insisted people who need a trigger warning should stay away from the theatre 20:11

     Entertainment:
    Ashley Judd has been diagnosed with a "sleepiness sleep disorder" after a long health battle 19:41

     Entertainment:
    Gavin Rossdale has been branded "super weird" for dating a Gwen Stefani lookalike in girlfriend Xhoana X 19:11

     Business:
    Do mortgage advisors need more regulation - alongside a Commerce Commission bid to make it easier to take out a home loan? 18:57

     Entertainment:
    Sarah Paulson has blasted an actress who sent six pages of unsolicited notes after watching her in a play 18:41

     Law and Order:
    A person in Auckland's Otahuhu is in hospital - with what appear to be stab wounds 18:37

     Soccer:
    FIFA to discuss possible Israel expulsion as Palestine women's team plays 'solidarity friendly' in Ireland 18:17

     Entertainment:
    Khloe Kardashian took her two children to see their dad, her ex-partner Tristan Thompson, play an NBA game for the first time on Monday (13.05.24) 18:11

     Business:
    Questions over how Fonterra will spend the money it makes from sales 18:07

     Entertainment:
    John Krasinski hasn't been approached for 'The Office' spin-off 17:41

     News Search




    Power Search

    © 2024 New Zealand City Ltd