Prescription errors can be a serious form of medical malpractice. They often occur because a medical professional is negligent, fails to check records properly or accidentally mixes up medications for two different patients. Most of the time, these errors are not...
Medication Errors
Prescription errors: Drugs with dangerous interactions
When doctors make prescription errors, patients are in serious danger. They could suffer significant harm, and they may have no way to anticipate the risk. If a doctor or a nurse gives them a cup with a few pills in it while they’re in the hospital, the patient is...
Short-staffed pharmacies contribute to medicine errors
How long have you waited for a vital prescription? From older patients trying to sort out problems with their pain management doctors to young parents trying to wrangle sick kids as they pull up to the pharmacy drive-thru, the wait time for refills or medications from...
What if a medication error causes a dangerous drug interaction?
Medications subject to controlled substances laws can pose a risk to human health. They are only available when recommended by a prescribing physician and administered by licensed medical professionals, such as pharmacists or nurses at a care facility. Those...
IV drug administration is a leading cause of medication errors
Mistakes during drug administration can cause a host of medical challenges. Someone who receives the wrong drug might have an allergic reaction. The wrong dose could potentially lead to severe consequences, including an overdose. Timing errors could decrease the...
Failing to taper certain medications could harm patients
Medication errors come in many forms, and they often occur when a doctor initially prescribes a drug. However, mistakes can also happen while a patient receives a medication or when it is time to stop their treatment. Doctors often need to be very careful about ending...
How the rate of drug administration can cause patient injuries
Providing medication continues beyond supplying the correct prescription. Proper administration is equally crucial. Hence, even if the doctor prescribes the right medicine and dose and sufficiently checks for allergic reactions and contraindications, the patient can...
Failing to advise against dangerous drug and food interactions
Prescribing medicine does not only constitute giving the correct drug or dose. Part of the process also includes providing clear and concise instructions on taking it, such as requiring the patient not to take certain food while taking their medication. Failure to do...
How your doctor’s oversight can impact your health
Following a doctor's appointment or hospital stay, patients might anticipate receiving a prescription to aid in their recovery. However, delays or omissions in medicine prescriptions are an ongoing problem in modern health care facilities. When a doctor does not...
It’s important not to “double up” specific medications
There are many different types of medicine that you can certainly take at the same time. Someone who is being treated for cancer may also be given medication to help with nausea, for instance. But it is important for doctors and medical professionals to know how these...
