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Docreed2003

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4. Something is fishy here

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 12:39 PM

Jul 2021

I can only speak to my experience in training but when we had a transplant those patients who are receiving the organ aren't usually in the hospital. So you're calling them in, you're going over their history, you're verifying all of the donor services info. It's not like you just "oops" put the wrong kidney in the wrong patient. Even if you were placing multiple kidneys in the same day, there were numerous safeguards in place.

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Patient receives kidney meant for someone else, hospital says [View all] left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 OP

Fortunately error was with a kidney. Had it been a heart or lungs, intended patient would likely hlthe2b Jul 2021 #1

Holy shit! I wonder how this happened. zuul Jul 2021 #2

surgeries as production lines Kali Jul 2021 #18

Article doesn't say whether the recipient actually NEEDED a kidney Bayard Jul 2021 #3

The worst part is... lame54 Jul 2021 #11

Something is fishy here Docreed2003 Jul 2021 #4

speaking as an engineer, *any* process, is subject to error (some more than others) unblock Jul 2021 #5

The old saying goes: "If you think you've designed a foolproof system... Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #6

yeah, this comes up with automation a lot. people just assume it eliminates errors unblock Jul 2021 #7

I worked mainly in hardware, but similar problems exist... Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #8

That's kinda what I think smells fishy Docreed2003 Jul 2021 #9

they might have been leaning on the rarity of the match to cover a weak priority check unblock Jul 2021 #10

Or fraud... lame54 Jul 2021 #12

certainly possible, though of course a good process should reduce the likelihood of that as well. unblock Jul 2021 #13

Of course it should - fraud is difficult to pull off... lame54 Jul 2021 #15

see post #10. the odds are long, but we don't know out of how many times. unblock Jul 2021 #17

Why do I feel that the person with the kidney is wealthy? Just my gut feeling... ZonkerHarris Jul 2021 #14

I have to say, it doesn't surprise me. Ms. Toad Jul 2021 #16