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Overstocked hospital pens 02 Oct 2007

The idea of the hospital pen has caught on well. And that's good. However, on the 30 or so large production units in five countries I have been invited to tour this spring and summer, by far the large majority - about 80% no less - were making one or both of these serious errors, at least in my opinion…

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