Category: Pharmacy Mistakes
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Prescription Drug Medication Errors Can Be Prevented By Taking Some Common Sense Precautions
Ten Strategies Intended For Pharmacists Can Help Patients Stay Safe, Also (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) It is relatively well-accepted in the healthcare community that medication errors involving prescription drugs happen more often…
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What Are Medication Errors And How Do These Medical Mistakes Tend To Happen
North Carolina State Board Leads Way As Regards Reporting Of Pharmacy-Associated Medication Mistakes (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) QJM is a long-established, leading general medical journal. It focuses on internal medicine and publishes…
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Medication Mistakes And Pharmacy Errors Continue To Be A Large Problem
Prescription Drugs Wrongly Prescribed Or Improperly Dispensed Are Preventable Adverse Events Which Need To Be Reduced In Number — And This Can Be Done (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In a February 14,…
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New Book “Medication Errors” Is Subject Of A Good Review In NEJM
This Second Edition Has Detailed, Useful Information For Doctors And Pharmacists (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The August 9, 2007 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has an insightful book…
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The Adverse Drug Reactions And Medication Errors That Require Hospital Care Most Often
Some Lessons Learned From A "Top 10" Drug Errors Session At The American Pharmacists Association 2007 Annual Meeting (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting was held in…
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More Than One Million Hospitalized Patients Experienced Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) In 2004
Findings Of April 2007 AHRQ Report On Side Effects And Other Medication Problems In American Hospitals (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A recent online article provided a summary of the findings from the…
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Some Recommendations To Reduce Serious Adverse Drug Reactions In The U.S. (Part of Series: ADRs in US)
Part Three: Medication Errors Can Be Reduced By Better Prescribing Methods In our first part of this series, we looked at the extent of serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the U.S., and in…
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March 2006 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Edition Covers Tamiflu, Paxil, Avandia, Amicar and Omacor 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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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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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…