Risk in Treating Infant Syphilis
syphilis; decision was made to treat the infant from congenital syphilis. Order
was written for one dose of “Benzathine Pen (penicillin G150, 000U
IM”.
Physicians, nurses, and pharmacist unfamiliar with the
treatment, Pharmacist misread the dose in both sources as 500,000 units/kg, a
typical adult dose, instead of 50,000 units/kg, due to lack of a pharmacy
procedure, error was not detected, nurse unfamiliar with the various form of
penicillin G. After about 1.8 ml was administrated, the infant become
unresponsive
a. A risk manager’s role in addressing the events described
in the case study The Joint Commission requirements for reporting sentinel
events for a hospital
b.Steps a risk manager must take to address these events





