Study Finds 1 in 5 Chance of Error in Kids' Cancer Drugs
"Kids with leukemia treated as outpatients at Seattle Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center have about a 1-in-5 chance of being given the wrong medication or the wrong dosage, a study being published today says.
Most mistakes the researchers found were trivial, although three could — but did not — cause problems for the children, said the lead researcher, Dr. James A. Taylor, professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington Medical Center.
Taylor said he was amazed at how well the doctors who prescribed treatment and the parents who administered the drugs did in the study.
Taylor's study is in today's issue of Cancer, a journal by the American Cancer Society."
Read the full article in the Seattle Times.
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