From CBC News:
An investigation into a fatal chemotherapy overdose has led Alberta to revise procedures for the administration of some cancer drugs.
On Tuesday, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada released its independent report on the death of 43-year-old Denise Melanson last summer at Edmonton's Cross Cancer Institute.
Denise Melanson, 43, died last summer at Edmonton's Cross Cancer Institute.
A pump was supposed to deliver fluorouracil, a drug used to treat tumours, over four days, but it was given to Melanson over four hours, along with another chemotherapy drug, cisplatin. ...more
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