Medication errors can cause serious harm to a patient in a hospital. These mistakes could be made by a variety of medical professionals, such as doctors, nurses or pharmacists. But what exactly does a medication error look like? There are many different ways that this...
Medication Errors
Medication errors may arise at the end of treatment
There are many points at which physicians could make significant medication errors. Frequently, those errors occur during the initial prescribing process. Physicians overlook contraindications or fail to notice a drug interaction when recommending a new course of...
Could AI prevent some hospital-based pharmaceutical errors?
There are pros and cons to promoting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. Some worry that it is a job eliminator (and for some industries, that’s true), but others see ways that AI can make their industries safer for their customers. The...
3 common reasons doctors make prescribing errors
Prescription medications are subject to controlled substances laws. The only way for people with serious medical issues to access these drugs is through the recommendation of a doctor. Physicians determine what medical issues may have caused a patient's symptoms. They...
2 negative outcomes from prescription errors
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...
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...
