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Cedars-Sinai fined for blood-thinner lapses
Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2008
California regulators have fined Cedars-Sinai Medical Center $25,000 in connection with a series of safety lapses in which incorrect doses of the blood-thinner heparin were given to children. Cedars was one of 11 California hospitals assessed penalties because of license violations that caused, or were likely to cause, serious injury or death.
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