CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas The case of 14 babies who received accidental overdoses while in intensive care has raised new questions about how a common blood-thinning medication could be given to infants repeatedly in the wrong dosage. Unlike a previous case involving twins of actor Dennis Quaid, the Texas newborns got the overdose because of an error at the hospital pharmacy, not a labeling problem. Pharmacy workers at Christus Spohn Hospital South made what the hospital called a "mixing error." The two workers went on voluntary leave. The heparin, which was 100 times stronger than recommended, was given to 14 infants in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit on July 4. Two of the babies involved, twins who were born one month premature, have died, although the hospital said its physicians have found no direct links to the overdose. Autopsies are being performed. ...
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