Re: Brin: (Ignoring Murphy's Law) kills

David Brin <[email protected]>
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eeek!



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From: Alberto Monteiro <[email protected]>
To: brin-l-r0TUnz/JSrZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]
Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 3:31:53 AM
Subject: Brin: (Ignoring Murphy's Law) kills

Three days ago, a brazilian teenager was killed in hospital, because
instead of saline solution, the nurse gave her vaseline.

The reason was that the idiots that produced those products made
_identical_ vessels for them, with the difference being a minuscule
identification label.

Murphy's Law is exactly the way to prevent those stupid errors.

Text (in Portuguese):
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caso_Stephane

Here an image of the two vessels:
http://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2010/12/mae-diz-que-auxiliar-de-
enfermagem-colocou-frasco-de-vaselina-em-sp.html

Alberto Monteiro


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