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Regulator says hospitals need strict heparin rules Posted in News on September 23rd, 2008 at 11:58 pm by Night editor Karen Naylor CHICAGO (AP) - A regulatory group told hospitals Wednesday to adopt strict measures to prevent errors involving blood thinners including heparin - mistakes that have been made nearly 60,000 times and led to dozens of deaths in recent years.

CPSC Urges Consumers To Stop Using Simplicity 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 Convertible “Close-Sleeper” Models   WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents and caregivers to stop using convertible “close-sleeper/bedside sleeper” bassinets manufactured by Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa.

Warning on medication mix-ups for kids Actor Dennis Quaid is pictured at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in this Jan. 20, 2008 file photo. A safety alert issued Friday by a hospital group comes days after the release of a study finding that drug mix-ups and overdoses harm roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children.