Woman, 96, died of sepsis after test results went unchecked

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Woman, 96, died of sepsis after test results went unchecked

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Hawke's Bay Hospital
Norma Barton died in Hawke’s Bay Hospital in November, 2018
A 96-year-old woman died from sepsis after her GP and nurses failed to check test results that showed she had a potentially deadly infection in a poor, From The Lab Culture Plate CR Wiki Images Pixabay, Tests revealed Barton had a “heavy growth of staphylococcus aureus” in her wound [Image: Wiki Images Pixabay]