State regulators have fined Cedars-Sinai Medical Center $25,000 in connection with a series of safety lapses in which incorrect doses of the blood-thinner heparin were given to children, including the newborn twins of actor Dennis Quaid and his wife.
Cedars was one of 11 California hospitals assessed penalties because of license violations that caused, or were likely to cause, serious injury or death, said Kathleen Billings- ley, deputy director of the state Department of Public Health's Center for Healthcare Quality.
