U.S. Renal Care in Town and Country reopened Friday after patients fell ill during dialysis and were hospitalized Monday. An investigation revealed cleaning solution and human error were to blame for the scare.
U.S. Renal Care in Town and Country reopened Friday after patients fell ill during dialysis and were hospitalized Monday. An investigation revealed cleaning solution and human error were to blame for the scare.
As previously reported by Patch, U.S. Renal Care confirms that a cleaning solution, commonly used in dialysis, was inadvertently added into the water supply due human error. (Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) According to Tom Weinberg, with U.S. Renal Care, the the incident happened Monday at their 13190 South Outer 40 Road location in Town and Country. Eight patients were initally hospitalized, some in critical condition, after receiving the wrong solution during dialysis. Friday, U.S. Renal Care said four patients still remain hospitalized and all are now in stable condition. U.S. Renal Care officials explained the dialysis process and how the problem occured as follows: The cleaning solution …
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U.S. Renal Care in Town and Country now confirms cleaning solution and human error are to blame for dialysis patients falling ill and being hospitalized this week.
U.S. Renal Care in Town and Country confirms cleaning solution and human error are to blame for dialysis patients falling ill and being hospitalized Monday.
UPDATED: 6:25 p.m., Wednesday- U.S. Renal care said two more patients have been released from St. Louis area hospitals. As of Wednesday evening, five patients remain hospitalized after being injected with cleaning solution during their dialysis treatments Monday. "We can confirm that a cleaning solution, commonly used in dialysis, was inadvertently added into our water supply due to a one-time human error," U.S. Renal Care officials stated in a news release Wednesday afternoon. (Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) As previously reported by Patch, U.S. Renal Care confirms the incident happened Monday at their 13190 South Outer 40 Road location in Town and Country. Eight patients were hospitalized …
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L. Ramsey
9:11 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
Faith I would like to talk to you if you are willing. My mother was also at Cedars and we had an event happen. Let me know how I can contact you? more ›