Caution! Look-alike Drugs Ahead! Many Medications Look and Sound Very Similar Many drugs have very similar-sounding names and very often have similar-looking manufacturer packaging or pills. … [Read more...]
Right Drug, Wrong Dose? What to Do If You’ve Been Given the Wrong Medication
March 1, 2016 by
HuffPost Healthy Living Over 770,000 medication mistakes occur every year, contributing to approximately 7,000 deaths in the United States. And when it comes to medications, some mistakes are … [Read more...]
Anatomy of a Prescription
February 29, 2016 by
Writing a Prescription and Whisper-Down-the-Lane A prescription is an order that is written by a physician to communicate to a pharmacist or other healthcare provider what medication is to be given … [Read more...]
FDA calls for new warnings, new data on Essure contraceptive device
February 29, 2016 by
(CNN)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday that a new "black box warning" label is warranted for Essure, an implantable permanent contraceptive device. A black box warning in the labeling … [Read more...]
There Seems to Be a Mistake with My Prescription
February 26, 2016 by
What Happens When a Mistake is Made with a Prescription? When patients report medication errors to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) that involve pharmacy dispensing, they are … [Read more...]
As Seen in the Huffington Post: Too Young for a Mammogram? Too Average? The Discussion Continues
October 28, 2015 by
Last week, in the wake of the new American Cancer Society [ACS] mammography guidelines recommending that screening mammography should be conducted later in life and with less frequency, I shared the … [Read more...]
Wrong drug put in IV bag led to fatal Bend hospital error
December 8, 2014 by
St. Charles pharmacy worker in tragic sequence of events By, Wanda Moore A St. Charles Bend pharmacy worker put the wrong medication in an IV bag, leading to the fatal error that killed a … [Read more...]
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