Two patients have died in recent years following medical errors that resulted in citations against Meriter Hospital and UW Hospital. The possibility of dangerous errors became a local concern after a 16-year-old died July 5 at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center after medication was given incorrectly during childbirth.
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics was cited by the state in 2000 because “failure to properly document medication and infusion administrations created an incomplete and inaccurate medication record.” The error was a contributing factor in the patient’s subsequent neurological deterioration and death, a state report says.