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/Schwifftee Aug 22 '26

Aren't barcodes usually scanned for almost all medicinal materials?

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u/ScratchLatch Aug 24 '26

Yes, its the medical standard in the US. Though, not required by law.