Hospital Medication Mistakes due to Mis-filled Prescriptions
Hospital medication mistakes can occur for many different reasons. Like drug stores, hospitals have on site pharmacies for their patients. Therefore hospital pharmacies can suffer from the same profit pressures of drug store pharmacies including understaffing, corporate policies that emphasize speed in filling prescriptions; pushing the work down to lower paid and less educated pharmacy assistants and or L.P.N.’s; and budgets that do not allow for enough employees to handle the high volume. These pressures can lead to:
- filling the prescription with the wrong drug
- providing wrong dosage to the patient
Other Hospital Medication Mistakes
In addition to Hospital pharmacy prescription errors, Hospital medication errors can occur because nursing staff on the floor make medication mistakes such as mis-interpreting physician handwriting, mixing up similar looking drugs, mixing up drugs with similar sounding names, mixing up drugs with similar packaging. or adding the wrong dose of medication to an IV bag.
Have You Suffered From A Prescription Error or Hospital Medication Mistake?
If you have been seriously injured in a hospital due to a medication error, such as receiving a mis-filled prescription or other Hospital medication mistake it is in your best interest to speak with a qualified prescription error attorney. In some cases, you may be entitled to monetary compensation for your serious injuries.
After you have incurred serious injuries from a prescription error, you need to take the time to meet with an aggressive lawyer. You will want to work with an attorney who has extensive Hospital liability experience and who possesses the vast resources you will need to build a strong case. You will also want a lawyer on your side that has a thorough understanding of pharmacology and the adverse side effects a prescription error can have on a person’s life.
Tampa Mis-filled Prescription Attorney
If you are looking for a committed, unyielding prescription error attorney in Tampa, contact the Distasio Law Firm today. At Distasio Law Firm, we will do everything we can to help you obtain maximum recovery for your serious prescription error injuries. We are a compassionate law firm that strives to provide each client with dependable and affordable legal counsel.
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