Clinical Review
A Surprise Trend in Suicides: Were They Accidental?
Fed Pract. 2004 January;21(1):47
Author(s):
Maudlin K
Author and Disclosure Information
Karen Maudlin, RN, MS, LHRM
Ms. Maudlin is a licensed health care risk manager and the patient safety manager for the quality systems service at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL.
After two patients overdosed on the same drug, this medical center's patient safety team took a closer look at their suicide records—and what they found led to the removal of this drug from their formulary. Here's their retrospective case review.