NHS hospitals ordered to remove drug after mistakes led to two baby deaths

NHS hospitals ordered to remove drug after mistakes led to two baby deaths All NHS hospitals in England have been told to destroy a powerful medicine mistakenly used by staff because its packaging looks the same as another drug.

A national safety alert was issued following several incidents, including two deaths of babies, in which patients were inadvertently given a dose of sodium nitrite – which is used as an antidote to cyanide poisoning – rather than sodium bicarbonate. The Independent

See also:

• Risk of death from unintended administration of sodium nitrite NHS England