CITY NURSE FACES BABY DEATH PROBE
HOSPITAL WORKER ACCUSED OF TRYING TO COVER UP ‘ERROR’ ...
A NURSE is facing an inquiry after a baby died in a Glasgow hospital.
Craig Wilson is alleged to have made an error while an infant suffering from breathing problems was being given oxygen at the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital.
The nurse was using a CPAP machine, which inflates a baby’s lungs and helps to keep them open. Air goes in through a mask or via a tube into the baby’s nose called a nasal cannula.
The nurse is alleged to have failed to switch on a humidifier while using the machine which helps avoid the baby developing nasal congestion.
His actions are alleged to have “caused or contributed” to the baby developing hypothermia. The charge states: “Your actions contributed to a loss of opportunity for life for Baby A.”
The nurse is then alleged to have concealed the error by recording in the baby’s notes that a humidifier had been turned on. Mr Wilson faces the ultimate sanction of being struck off the nursing register.
A CPAP machine is commonly used in premature babies but can also be used with adults. The incident is alleged to have happened on August 14 2013. No other details were given about the infant.
A spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the nurse was no longer employed by the board.
In a separate charge, the nurse is alleged to have signed another baby’s chart to say that a drug had been given, when it had not.
He is then alleged to have asked a colleague to countersign the notes, at the former Southern General hospital, to indicate that the medication had been administered. The incident is alleged to have happened on February 4 last year.
A spokeswoman for NHSGGC said: “This man is not longer in our employ.”
The nurse is due to appear before a hearing of the Nursing and Midwifery Council next month.