InjuryBoard Corpus Christi Archives

• Kids II Infant Rattles Recalled for Choking Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | July 27, 2008 11:21 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Kids II, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced a voluntarily recall of its Bright Starts Ring Rattle, Bee Character only, (Model No: 8534). The tips of the...

• Crane Collapses at Houston Refinery Killing Four Workers

  Chrissie Cole | July 21, 2008 9:45 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A construction crane collapsed at LynondellBasell’s refinery killing four workers and injuring seven in the latest of several fatal construction accidents this year. The 30-story-tall crane...

• Man Killed in Jackson County Roll-Over Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 17, 2008 9:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A 61-year-old man, of Dixon, was killed and three others were injured in a one vehicle roll-over accident on U.S. Highway 59, about a mile north of Ganado on Sunday. The man was driving his Chevy...

• Dialysis Catheter Recalled by AngioDynamics

  Chrissie Cole | July 13, 2008 9:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  AngioDynamics Inc, medical device maker, is voluntarily recalling its Centros dialysis catheter due to a possible manufacturing defect. The cuff on the device, which is used to anchor the catheter...

• Second Baby dies at Christus Spohn South after Heparin Overdose Error

  Jesse Guerra / Texas Safety Lawyer | July 11, 2008 11:29 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  A second baby has died at Christus Spohn South this week after an error in overdosing the drug, Heparin, by the hospital's pharmacy. The second baby was the twin sister of the first infant who died...

• One Baby Dies at Christus Spohn South Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

  Bob Hilliard | July 09, 2008 11:18 AM | 16 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  CNN News has reported that Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas has confirmed the death of a seven day old baby in their neonatal intensive care unit yesterday morning. The infant was...

• Texas Infant Dies after Heparin Overdose at Spohn South Hospital

  Bob Hilliard | July 08, 2008 6:52 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  In a press conference earlier this evening, Spohn CEO Bruce Holstein acknowledged "something went terribly wrong." Breaking news by local TV station KIII confirmed that one of the 14 infants...

• Spohn South Overdoses 14 Infants With Heparin

  Jesse Guerra / Texas Safety Lawyer | July 08, 2008 5:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  According to the Corpus Christi Caller Times, Christus Spohn Hospital South staff are investigating how 14 premature babies received overdoses of the controversial drug Heparin.  The drug is widely...