广播电视英语短句 第 137 课：医院的病人-1

Being a patient in certain hospitals in the month of July can be dangerous or even deadly. 7月，进住某些医院的病人可能会面临危险，甚至死亡。

That was the finding of sociology professor David Phillips at the University of California, San Diego, and his student Gwendolyn Barker. 这个调查结果来源于加州圣地亚哥大学社会学教授David Phillips 和他的学生Gwendolyn Barker。

They examined more than two hundred forty-four thousand death records from across the United States. These were from nineteen seventy-nine to two thousand six. 他们调查了美国各地从1972年到2006年超过244万的死亡记录。

The researchers looked at records that listed "medication errors" as the main cause of death. 研究员注意到记录列单上，用药疏失是引起死亡的主要原因.

These medication mistakes included the accidental overdose of a drug or the wrong drug being given or taken. 这些用药疏失包括意外的过量用药或错误给药。