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FDA Receives Over 100,000 Suspected Medication Error Reports Each Year

January 14, 2019

The FDA reports that it receives over 100,000 reports of suspected medication errors in the United States every year. A medication error is defined as any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare[...]

Medication Error Leading To Veteran’s Death Results In $800,000 Settlement

January 3, 2019

The family of a 64-year-old veteran who had gone to a VA medical center in South Carolina complaining of nausea and vomiting and was given the wrong medication that led to his death on February 2, 2017 has settled the VA medical malpractice wrongful death claim for $800,000, which settlement was app[...]

How Does The FDA Review Proposed Drug Names?

November 5, 2013

The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (“CDER”) has received about 126,000 reports of medication errors from 2000 to 2009. Some of the medication errors were due to similarly sounding drugs or similarly appearing drug names. The CDER evaluates the potential for a prop[...]

Study: Misdiagnosis And Medication Errors Are Most Common Bases Of Medical Malpractice Claims

July 21, 2013

In a study published on July 18, 2013 in the well-respected medical journal, BMJ (British Medical Journal), it was determined that misdiagnosis (failure to diagnose or delay in diagnosis) and medication errors, respectively, were the most common bases of medical malpractice claims (defined as a wr[...]

Two Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed Against California Nursing Home

April 1, 2012

A California nursing home in Northern California recently had two medical malpractice wrongful death cases filed against it for the deaths of two of its residents that occurred during 2011. Case No. 1 In the first case, a man was admitted into the hospital in January, 2011, for treatment of his k[...]

New Jersey Pharmacy Gave Children Cancer Drug Instead Of Fluoride Tablets

March 12, 2012

A New Jersey CVS Pharmacy mistakenly filled prescriptions for chewable fluoride tablets for children with the similar-looking powerful breast cancer drug, Tamoxifen, during a more than two month period. CVS has admitted that a Chatham, New Jersey CVS Pharmacy filled the wrong prescriptions for c[...]

FDA Issues Safety Announcement For Antipsychotic Medication SAPHRIS

September 3, 2011

The antipsychotic drug Saphris (asenapine maleate) was approved by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) on August 13, 2009. Saphris is an atypical antipsychotic medication used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. From its FDA-approval in August, 2009 to June, 2011, a[...]

150th Consecutive Daily Blog (And Counting)

August 1, 2011

Today’s blog represents the 150th consecutive daily entry appearing in this blog. Over 500 hours have been devoted to researching and writing the blogs that have appeared here. We have addressed the official statistics regarding medical malpractice claims in the U.S. (March 5) as well as i[...]

Some Tips to Help You Prevent Medical Errors – Part One

March 20, 2011

As many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in hospitals in the United States every year as a result of medical errors, and many more suffer serious or permanent injuries as a result of preventable medical errors. While many people rely on the knowledge and expertise of their health care providers to ass[...]

MEDICATION ERRORS DUE TO SIMILAR LOOKING AND SIMILAR SOUNDING DRUGS

March 13, 2011

The United States Pharmacopeia’s 8th Annual MEDMARX Data Report found that 1,470 commonly used medications were involved in errors due to drug names that either looked alike or sounded alike. About 1.4% of those errors resulted in harm to the patients, including some reports of death. It is[...]

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