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Injections at SRNH found contaminated
IN WHAT could be termed as the most serious case of negligence, emergency patients admitted to the Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital were administered contaminated injections for several days recently. Three 2 ml viols of dexamethasone sodium phosphate injection have been found containing fungus and dust particles. The fungus and dust particles were easily visible. The expiry date of all three viols is May 2007 and were sealed.
IN WHAT could be termed as the most serious case of negligence, emergency patients admitted to the Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital were administered contaminated injections for several days recently.
Three 2 ml viols of dexamethasone sodium phosphate injection have been found containing fungus and dust particles. The fungus and dust particles were easily visible. The expiry date of all three viols is May 2007 and were sealed.
The injection was being used for patients suffering from allergic reaction, breathlessness or reaction due to certain drug.
Used in combination with other injections on serious patients it was also one of the widely purchased injections by the hospital.
The injections, containing fungus, were incidentally discovered by a senior staff nurse Safia Khatun, who was all prepared to administer injection to a serious patient on January 10.
"Suddenly, I found some foreign particles in the injection and when I saw the injection in the day light the fungus and dust particles were clearly visible.
The injections were taken from the medicine store at the hospital. When I checked other viols of dexamethasone sodium phosphate injections, they also contained fungus. This is the second incident in the last one month when we found fungus in the injection and in a glucose bottle," she said.
Safia Khatun said she had informed all nurses and staff to stop the use of dexamethasone sodium phosphate injection. But before that they were being used in the hospital, she admitted. "Hospital administration and store in-charge should check the vaccine before receiving the supply," she added.
SRN Hospital superintendent-in-charge Dr NBL Srivastava said it was a tender item supplied by the drug company. The injections will be sent to the drug inspector and on the basis of report strict action would be taken against the drug company.
"We may also black list that firm. We have also seized the whole batch of medicines which came along with this injection," he added.
