Medication Error Blog
Posted on Feb 7, 2013
A study which looked into over 840,000 voluntary reports of medication errors in hospitals showed that the patients and their families are usually not told about the mix-up. The study showed that ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2012
Medication errors can have deadly consequences. Whether the pharmacist dispensed the wrong drug or the doctor prescribed the wrong dose the side effects can be life changing, even life threatening. ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2012
In the aftermath of the meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated injections, a new study published in American Health & Drug Benefits uncovers the costs of injectable medication errors. While ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2012
It is fairly common knowledge that when taking multiple medications, there is a chance that the drugs react badly with each other. Doctors must take precautions when treating patients so they do not ...
Continue reading "Researchers Find Grapefruit Can Interfere with More Drug Regimens" »
Posted on Dec 4, 2012
Even a careful and well-educated parent can make a drug mistake. Even the most watchful caregiver may fail to prevent an accidental poisoning. According to Philly.com, a child is three times more ...
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Posted on Nov 30, 2012
Between 1996 and 2006, the number of visits to United States Emergency Rooms rose to approximately 120 million annually. This is concerning because hospital medication errors occur twice as often in ...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2012
A recent survey done in the United Kingdom found that over 90 percent of pharmacists made an error in the last 12 months. There were approximately 750 survey participants and most admitted to making ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2012
Phyllis Conant was a resident at Madison House Retirement and Assisted Living in Kirkland, Washington. She suffered from chronic pain, so her doctor prescribed her 0.5 mL of morphine daily. A nursing ...
Continue reading "Washington ALF Resident Killed by Drug Overdose" »
Posted on Nov 18, 2012
A new study indicates the rate of hospital drug errors HIV patients experienced at one hospital was reduced by 93 percent when the facility implemented an electronic medical record (EMR). Researchers ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2012
Ocala is the epicenter of compounding pharmacy problems in Florida. Labs in the city have repeatedly figured in national news stories about pharmacy errors that lead to serious infections, permanent ...
Continue reading "Should Compounding Pharmacies be Under FDA Oversight?" »
Posted on Nov 10, 2012
A report out of Nashville, Tennessee indicates that about 150 of the patients who were exposed to the contaminated injections involved in the national fungal meningitis outbreak were given old ...
Continue reading "TN Patients Were Given Old Drugs Which Increased Risk of Contracting Meningitis" »
Posted on Nov 6, 2012
Compounding pharmacy errors, like the one that has lead to the nation's fungal meningitis outbreak, can have serious and deadly consequences. And these incidents are not uncommon. Since 1990, the ...
Continue reading "Pharmacies That Make Compounding Errors Rarely Face Harsh Consequences from Regulators" »
Posted on Nov 2, 2012
In light of the national meningitis outbreak that has been linked to contaminated medication produced by a negligent pharmacy, compounding facilities across the nation have come under scrutiny. Last ...
Continue reading "National Attention Focused on Safety of Compounding Facilities" »
Posted on Oct 29, 2012
There are now 354 cases of fungal meningitis and other joint infections linked to contaminated medication produced by the New England Compounding Center. The diseases have been reported in 19 states ...
Continue reading "Mold and Bacteria Found Throughout MA Compounding Pharmacy" »
Posted on Oct 25, 2012
Health officials have positively tied the nation's deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis to tainted medications produced and shipped by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. New England Compounding ...
Continue reading "Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Continues to Spread" »
Posted on Oct 21, 2012
The multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak that has been linked to mistakes made in a compounding pharmacy continues to grow as new information is uncovered. The number of contaminated medication ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration sent criminal investigators to the embattled New England Compounding Center on Tuesday. Health officials believe tainted pain medicine produced by the compounding ...
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Posted on Oct 17, 2012
Distasio Law Firm 's medicine error blog has been covering the meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated medications. Monday, the FDA announced that in addition to the contaminated ...
Continue reading "Two More Drugs from Troubled Compounding Facility Linked to Meningitis Outbreak" »
Posted on Oct 15, 2012
Christina Torres filled her son's prescription for Ritalin at Felicity Pharmacy in the Bronx, NY. She was accustomed to receiving the generic version, methylphenidate, and did not question the ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2012
The last blog discussed a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated medication produced by a compounding facility in Massachusetts. The newest information in this case indicates as ...
Continue reading "More Patients Contract Meningitis Through Contaminated Medication" »
Posted on Oct 7, 2012
30 people across six states have contracted a deadly form of meningitis. Health officials tracked the outbreak back to contaminated injections. All of the sick received spinal steroid injections that ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2012
While it is rare for unsafe injection practices to lead to an outbreak of disease in the United States, safety officials at various organizations agree they should never happen. Despite established ...
Continue reading "Companies Developing Products to Reduce Risk of Spreading Infection Through Injections" »
Posted on Sep 29, 2012
Almost 12,000 women have sought the assistance of medication injury lawyers after suffering serious side effects due to the oral contraceptive Yaz and its equivalents. Yaz is manufactured by ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2012
Cholesterol is a necessary substance found in the body's blood. Having too much cholesterol, however, can lead to the development of fatty deposits in the blood vessels which increases the risk of ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2012
Researchers have found some of the most vulnerable patients in U.S. hospitals, children with chronic illnesses, are more likely to suffer from hospital medication errors than other patients. Examining ...
Continue reading "Children With Chronic Illnesses More Likely to be Victims of Hospital Medication Errors" »