Category: Medication Errors
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“Black-box” Warnings Are Forgotten Or Ignored By Some Doctors
The So-called Black Box Is FDA’s Highest Form Of Drug Safety Alert In the February 14, 2006 edition of the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine there is a report that many patients are…
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February 2006 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Edition Covers Alpha-1 Blockers, Amevive, Salagen – Selegiline Name Confusion, and More The FDA’s Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of monthly video news shows intended primarily for doctors and other health care…
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Hospitals Urged By JCAHO To Take Steps To Avoid Drug Errors
Medication Mistakes Kill More Than 7,000 Hospitalized Patients Each Year In U.S. On January 25, 2006 the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) issued an alert urging hospitals to take several steps…
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December 2005 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Edition Covers Paxil, Strattera, Menactra Meningococcal Vaccine, and More The FDA’s Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of monthly video news shows intended primarily for doctors and other health care professionals. Generally, this…
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Toprol: AstraZeneca and FDA Warn of Medication Errors Due to Similarly Named Drugs
"Dear Doctor" Letter About Reports of Patients Receiving Topamax and Tegretol Rather Than Toprol In late September 2005 the FDA and AstraZeneca warned of medication errors and pharmacy mistakes involving three brand-name medications: Toprol,…
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At Least 4.3 Million Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) for U.S. Patients in 2001
Adverse Drug Reactions are a "significant threat to patient safety in the United States" Adverse drug events (ADEs) involving prescription drugs resulted in an estimated 4.3 million doctor visits by affected patients in the…
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Pharmacists in Florida Must Warn Patients About Certain Drug Risks
Appellate Court Imposes New Legal Duty on Florida Pharmacists In early June 2005 a Florida appellate court ruled that a Florida pharmacist can be held legally liable for failing to warn patients about certain…
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Medication Errors in Hospitals Involve Pharmacy-dispensing Errors in Estimated 10-20% of Incidents
Drug Name Confusion is a Common Cause of Drug-related Errors A medication error is generally defined as a deviation from the prescription drug order written by the prescribing physician on the patient’s chart. In…
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Medication Errors are Often Preventable: Patient Advice
How to Avoid being Dispensed or Prescribed the Wrong Drug It has been a few years since the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (IOM) published their report To Err is Human: Building…