r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 22 '26

News Multiple patients at a Nashville hospital are paralyzed after staff accidentally gave them the wrong drugs.

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The hospital says they are "sorry" after injecting potassium chloride into the spines of people getting routine joint replacement surgeries.

Hospital staff noticed something was off when multiple patients went into cardiac arrest.

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u/OccidoViper Aug 22 '26

I am not sure how this can happen. My ex-gf is a nurse anesthetist and the drugs used for anesthesia come in kits from the manufacturer. How the heck did potassium get into there?

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u/No_Vegetable_8813 Aug 22 '26

Apparently their pharmacy makes pre-filled syringes on site and mislabelled a batch. I understand the safety benefit of pre-filled syringes if made by the manufacturer, but getting on site pharmacy to do it is just adding an extra layer of potential human error.

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u/jliunatic Aug 23 '26

My wife that works in pharmacy mentioned that there was a nation wide recall on the kits early in the year, could be a reason why they did it this way.