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Children's Hospital Fined $50,000

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has reportedly been fined by the California Department of Public Health. According to reports, the hospital is being fined about $50,000 after being in violation related to administration of medications. It is believed that the matter involved pharmacy technicians failing to properly dilute an intravenous medicine used to treat low chloride levels.

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