If you want details on why this happens, Wired had a good take on a similar incident: https://www.wired.com/2015/03/how-technology-led-a-hospital-to-give-a-pati

If you want details on why this happens, Wired had a good take on a similar incident: https://www.wired.com/2015/03/how-technology-led-a-hospital-to-give-a-patient-38-times-his-dosage/ https://www.wired.com/2015/03/how-technology-led-a-hospital-... In short: it's the technology. That article changed my views on warnings, and I think it should be required reading for anyone designing a system with alarms and overrides.