Tennessee Health Facilities Commission Report Details Medication Errors at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown

The Tennessee Health Facilities Commission released an 80-page report detailing a medication error at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown that affected four patients during surgical procedures. On August 14, four joint replacement patients were mistakenly given potassium phosphate instead of the intended anesthetic medication, mepivacaine. The error resulted in

Sources

• WSMV
  State report cites failures at Ascension St. Thomas Midtown after 4 patients given wrong medication during surgery
• WZTV
  State finds multiple safety failures after Ascension Saint Thomas medication mix-up
• The Tennessean
  Ascension lacked safety controls before pharmacy mix-up: Report