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New Jersey hospital gave kidney transplant to wrong patient
By KATE FELDMAN
New York Daily News |
Nov 27, 2019 | 9:57 AM
The wrong patient received a kidney transplant at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in New Jersey. (Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes)
A south Jersey hospital performed a successful kidney transplant last week — on the wrong patient.
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, N.J., transplanted the organ into a 51-year-old patient on Nov. 18, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to the Daily News. But that patient wasn’t the intended recipient, who had the same name and similar age and was higher up on the matching list of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
“We have a profound responsibility to people who literally place their lives in our hands. Mistakes of this magnitude are rare, and despite the unusual circumstances of similar patient identities, additional verification would have prevented this error," the hospital said in a statement to The News.
"This is an unprecedented event in our respected 40-plus-year transplant program. As an organization committed to safety and process, we immediately instituted additional measures and educational reinforcement to help ensure this does not happen again.
"As an organization with a focus on being here for good, we remain steadfast in doing the right thing and caring for the affected patients and their families. Recognizing the human component of medicine, we know that taking accountability and talking about issues openly and honestly is how we learn and improve.”
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The second patient who was supposed to receive the kidney underwent a successful transplant on Sunday.
Both are doing well, the hospital said.
A spokesperson did not answer questions about what precautions are typically in place to prevent mix-ups like this.
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is the only hospital in south Jersey that performs transplants, according to its website. The program began in 1974
New Jersey hospital gave kidney transplant to wrong patient
By KATE FELDMAN
New York Daily News |
Nov 27, 2019 | 9:57 AM
The wrong patient received a kidney transplant at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in New Jersey. (Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes)
A south Jersey hospital performed a successful kidney transplant last week — on the wrong patient.
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, N.J., transplanted the organ into a 51-year-old patient on Nov. 18, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to the Daily News. But that patient wasn’t the intended recipient, who had the same name and similar age and was higher up on the matching list of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
“We have a profound responsibility to people who literally place their lives in our hands. Mistakes of this magnitude are rare, and despite the unusual circumstances of similar patient identities, additional verification would have prevented this error," the hospital said in a statement to The News.
"This is an unprecedented event in our respected 40-plus-year transplant program. As an organization committed to safety and process, we immediately instituted additional measures and educational reinforcement to help ensure this does not happen again.
"As an organization with a focus on being here for good, we remain steadfast in doing the right thing and caring for the affected patients and their families. Recognizing the human component of medicine, we know that taking accountability and talking about issues openly and honestly is how we learn and improve.”
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The second patient who was supposed to receive the kidney underwent a successful transplant on Sunday.
Both are doing well, the hospital said.
A spokesperson did not answer questions about what precautions are typically in place to prevent mix-ups like this.
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is the only hospital in south Jersey that performs transplants, according to its website. The program began in 1974