document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=415759>Question 415759</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In 1984 an internal investigation within major New York metropolitan hospital was <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "medications dispensed there were 2 errors, but only 1 in 500 medications dispensed <BR>\n" );
document.write( "significantly harmed the patient. Of those suffering significant harm from medication <BR>\n" );
document.write( "error, 2% died. The hospital at that time dispensed 75,000 medications during the year <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. How many died as a result from hospital medication errors? How many are <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. Out of all medication errors, what is the expected percentage that would result <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The investigation found that on average out of every 125 medications dispensed there were 2 errors, <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but only 1 in 500 medications dispensed significantly harmed the patient. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Of those suffering significant harm from medication <BR>\n" );
document.write( "error, 2% died. The hospital at that time dispensed 75,000 medications during the year of this investigation. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. What was the expected number of significant errors?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Error rate = 2/125<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# of errors = (2/125)*75000 = 1200<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. How many died as a result from hospital medication errors? How many are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "expected to have died after a medication error? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: 0.02*1200 = 24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. Out of all medication errors, what is the expected percentage that would result in death?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: 24/1200 = 2%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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