Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hy-Vee Pharmacy at 410 N. Ankeny Blvd. in Ankeny, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth) An Ankeny pharmacy has been fined $1,000 for ...
A former Tennessee nurse who was convicted of homicide last year after a medication error killed a patient said that the state Board of Nursing acted improperly when ...
WASHINGTON – Medication mistakes injure well over 1.5 million Americans every year, a toll too often unrecognized and unfought, says a sobering call to action.At least a quarter of the errors are ...
Every year, up to 9,000 people die in the US as a result of a prescription medication error. That figure doesn’t include the hundreds of thousands of patients who ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Simi Valley hospital’s medication error likely caused a brain bleed in an 81-year-old ...
Background Double-checking of medication administration is a safety practice used in hospitals around the world. Independence is recommended as the key to effectiveness. Independent double-checking ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Three-year-old John Casolaro's parents had no idea what was wrong when he was sick this past December. Then, his father noticed something unusual while mixing the boy's liquid ...