Hospital changes prescription practices after chemotherapy overdose

2009-09-28T10:52:00

A Bristol hospital has announced a range of “robust” changes to its prescription practices after a consultant killed a patient by accidentally administering a chemotherapy dose four times higher than the recommended limit.

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