Blog Posts in March, 2011
Posted on Mar 29, 2011 By Scott Distasio
Many Pharmacies fill more than 10,000 medication orders in one day. As part of the process pharmacists or pharmacy assistants have to sort through thousands of different medications that often look ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2011 By Scott Distasio
A Lee county family was awarded a $19.2 million verdict, in a medical malpractice suit. In 2007 Kiarra Smith was born premature at HealthPark Medical Center. As a result, her physician ordered her to ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2011 By Scott Distasio
Arsula Samson, 80, was given ten times the amount of potassium chloride in a fatal hospital prescription error. The staff nurse pumped 50ml of the drug over half an hour, instead of the prescribed ...
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