The rate of health complications of patients on intravenous (IV) therapy at a particular hospital was higher than usual  Government inspectors found that the typical IV solutions used in this hospital had somewhat high concentrations of sodium and potassium, which were raising patients' blood pressure and taxing their kidneys  The government inspectors mandated lowering the sodium and potassium in these IV preparations, and threatened with a possible government fine  In compliance, the hospital lowered the sodium and potassium levels in the IV solutions to the correct levels
Nevertheless, patients on IV therapy at that hospital continued to have a high rate of health complications
The change in IV solution procedure meant a number of related legal documents had to be renegotiated and rewritten, at great cost.