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Posted on Dec 16, 2012 By Scott Distasio
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 8, 2012 By Scott Distasio
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 ...
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Posted on Nov 30, 2012 By Scott Distasio
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 23, 2012 By Scott Distasio
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 ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2012 By Scott Distasio
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 By Scott Distasio
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 ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2012 By Scott Distasio
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 Oct 21, 2012 By Scott Distasio
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 ...
Continue reading "Meningitis Outbreak Linked to MA Pharmacy Negligence Continues to Grow" »
Posted on Aug 28, 2012 By Scott Distasio
In October 2011, the Humble Surgical Hospital in Humble, TX hired a new director of pharmacy to address a growing number of hospital medication errors. In addition to running the facility's ...
Continue reading "Pharmacist Alleges She was Fired for Working to Prevent Hospital Drug Errors" »
Posted on Aug 24, 2012 By Scott Distasio
A medication mistake can be made with any drug. But opioids – including morphine, hydromorphone, codeine, and Fentanyl – are among the most common drugs responsible for adverse drug ...
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Posted on Aug 20, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Electronic health records (EHR) and other advances of technology have been touted by many as the solution to medication mistakes. These computer systems are meant to prevent patients from getting the ...
Continue reading "Human Intervention Prevents Computer Generated Medication Error" »
Posted on Aug 16, 2012 By Scott Distasio
When Adela Arvizu of Willcox, Arizona developed pneumonitis in 2009, she was rushed to Northern Cochise Community Hospital (NCCH) for treatment. Arvizu complained of hip pain due to a preexisting hip ...
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Posted on Aug 12, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Each year, in order to learn more about professional responsibility, first year pharmacy students at Auburn University attend a mock trial as part of their orientation. The trials are based on actual ...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Earlier this year, Gregory Klonowski was indicted in an Orlando federal court on more than a dozen charges, including aggravated identity theft. He pleaded guilty to three of them Tuesday. An Arizona ...
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Posted on Jul 31, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Medication errors are a real problem and have been for years. iHealthBeat reports that the 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) study helped focus national attention on the issue. In that study, the IOM ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2012 By Scott Distasio
In an effort to reduce the rate of hospital medication errors, Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Arkansas has employed the use of a new system by Meta Healthcare IT Solutions. The MetaCare eMAR ...
Continue reading "Hospital Implements Barcode System in an Effort to Reduce Medication Errors" »
Posted on Jul 11, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Theresa Oden visited Springhill Memorial hospital on the morning of November 7, 2008 for diagnostic work. After tests revealed the necessity, she underwent a successful cardiac bypass surgery that ...
Continue reading "Jury Awards $15 Million Verdict for Hospital Medication Error Death" »
Posted on Jul 7, 2012 By Scott Distasio
In many hospitals across the country, patients who are about to be discharged meet with a hospital pharmacist. These meetings are designed to reduce the rate of medication errors that occur once a ...
Continue reading "Pharmacist Intervention Does Not Reduce Medication Errors in Heart Patients After Hospitalization" »
Posted on Jul 3, 2012 By Scott Distasio
The internet has revolutionized life as we know it. With a click of the mouse, you can bring up the local news of the day, listen to the latest music, read a new book, or do hundreds of other ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2012 By Scott Distasio
There are many reasons why a doctor may need to change a drug's dosage. If a patient's still suffers symptoms, a dosage increase may be warranted. Changes in a patient's general health may ...
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Posted on Jun 17, 2012 By Scott Distasio
The most common medication errors in hospitals are insulin errors. Nursing Times reports a study in England's hospitals revealed 37 percent of diabetic patients were given the wrong dose of ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Between 6 and 10 percent of the 1.5 million people who become ill each year due to medicine mistakes suffer from a drug allergy. This can happen because a new allergy has developed or potentially ...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2012 By Scott Distasio
The number of people who are made sick each year by medication errors is staggering. There is no mandatory reporting system in place for incidents when a doctor prescribed the wrong drug or a ...
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Posted on Jun 4, 2012 By Scott Distasio
It is difficult to track medication mistakes since they are often not reported or on record unless someone is seriously injured by the error. Each year, over one and a half million people become ...
Continue reading "Top 10 Medication Errors - Medications with Similar Components Cause Accidental Overdose" »
Posted on May 31, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Medication errors are preventable, but happen far too often. Over 1.5 million people suffer from the effects of a medication mistake each year. Ten medicine mistakes happen more often than others and ...
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