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This report appeared last week: SA hospital staff put on alert after computer glitch adds digit to medication dosages Posted 6 May, 2021at 9:51pm SA Health is investigating whether patients have been overdosed with medication as a result of a glitch in the computer system used at some of the state's major hospitals.  Key points: Staff at some SA hospitals received a memo about a computer system error The glitch was duplicating the last digit of medication doses SA Health says it's not aware of any "adverse clinical outcomes"  On Wednesday night, staff at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Noarlunga Hospital were sent an urgent memo informing them of an issue with the Sunrise computer system which was duplicating the last digit of medication doses. The memo states that 10mg may display as 100mg and 15mg could display as 155mg. It calls for nursing and midwifery staff to be "alert to high dose medication orders" and... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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