Re: VARY too many devices offline

On 22 Oct 2007 20:32:51 -0700, edgould1948@xxxxxxxxxxx (Ed Gould)
wrote:

I don't believe that its a matter of "first error" but what the error
was. The computer operator does not make life and death decisions he/
she run the system but as a consequence of entering incorrect command
or response can cause major damage. Do you really want any joe blow
guy off the street running a console and no consequences for not
doing a bad job? That is why operators, IMO must be trained. Giving
anyone improper training is a whole side issue and can be discussed
forever. I would like to take the position that operators are highly
trained individuals and they should be given pay commensurate with
duties and *strictly* held responsible for their watch.

My wife went into the hospital 13 years ago to have our first child.
She is DEATHLY allergic to penicillin. She made that VERY clear upon
admission. She had a hospital supplied wrist band that warned of her
allergy. After about 16 hours of labor the found a need to give my
wife an antibiotic as a precaution. As the nurse was unwrapping the IV
bag at 3:00 AM I asked her half awake what they were giving her. She
replied Ampicillin. After a few seconds of processing in my brain, I
asked "Isn't that a derivative of Penicillin?", she replied "YES". I
mentioned that she was DEATHLY ALLERGIC to Penicillin. She looked at
my wifes arm, found the wrist band, turned white, and left.

Four years later, my wife is in a different hospital in a different
city to have our last child. She tells them upon admission of her
severe allergy to penecillin. She gets the obligatory wrist band, and
they write on the front cover of her chart in big red letters
"Allergic to penecillin". Again, antibiotics come into the picture.
Upon her release, they geve her a prescription for an oral antibiotic
I had never heard of before. She was given the first pill, and soon
she started to feel sick, but she had me rush out of there for fear
that they would keep her there longer. When I take the prescription to
the pharmacy to be filled, and the pharmacist does his "due diligence"
talk, he tells me the antibiotic is a "combination of Ampicillin" and
something else. I told him of my wifes allergy and that I could not
purchase those pills.

I am guessing that my wife was not a one in a million occurence. These
mistakes happen every day, many times a day in fact. Sometime the
outcome is minor, sometimes not, but people rarely get fired on the
first, second, third, or even fourth time.

Neal
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