Medication Errors

We all have to go see a doctor soon or later. The doctor will most likely write a prescription that you will take to your pharmacy. These prescriptions may be difficult to read and the pharmacist works hard to fill the right medicine prescribed by your physician. Poor handwriting, wrong abbreviations and confusion between drugs with similar names lead to medication errors. Your life and health at risk, just because the doctor has poor writing skills and your pharmacist reads the prescription as something else.

Has your health been effected by the wrong medicine? Did your doctor prescribe the wrong dose?

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Some Common Types of Medication Errors:

• Wrong Labeling
• Date Warnings
• Poor Handwriting
• Invalided Patient Information
• Misuse of Zeroes
• Inappropriate Abbreviations

Wrong medication negligence can be the result of many mistakes such as the use of improper medications, allergic reactions, overdoses, or combining medications improperly. At least one death every day and injure approximately 1.3 million people annually in the United States.

Medication Mishaps Can Occur Anywhere In The Distribution System:

• Prescribing
• Repackaging
• Dispensing
• Administering
• Monitoring

In addition, job stress, lack of product knowledge or training, or similar labeling or packaging of a product may be the cause of, or contribute to, an actual or potential medication error.