Call for change to avoid medical mistakes in hospitals
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A scary example of how a lack of 5S can literally kill.
“ The mother of four had gone in for a procedure on a brain aneurysm. But afterward, instead of injecting her with a harmless marker dye, a toxic cleansing solution – chlorohexidine – was injected into her bloodstream.
The solutions were both unlabeled and looked the same. “
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