by Alan Sackrin | Oct 29, 2013 | Drug Mistakes, Injury, Injury to Children, Medication Errors
Last Update: 01/25/16 Medication errors and drug mistakes not only happen at hospitals, doctor’s offices, clinics, labs, nursing homes, and pharmacies — they can also happen at home, when the wrong medication or the wrong amount (or dosage) of drugs are given to a...
by Alan Sackrin | Oct 24, 2013 | Drug Mistakes, Injury, Medication Errors
Last Update: 01/25/16 You’ve probably seen the new kinds of convenient health care shops opening up around Florida: these are handy, modern-looking in-store medical clinics conveniently located inside stores like CVS Pharmacy, Walgreen’s, and WalMart. CVS...
by Alan Sackrin | Oct 17, 2013 | Drug Mistakes, Injury, Medication Errors
Last Update: 01/25/16 Medication errors and drug dosage mistakes occur for many reasons, including bad handwriting by doctors in the instructions and directions they leave in patient files and medical records. To reduce medication errors and medical mistakes,...
by Alan Sackrin | Oct 11, 2013 | Drug Mistakes, Infographics, Medication Errors
Last Update: 8/9/20 Source: National Council for Prescription Drug Program
by Alan Sackrin | Oct 8, 2013 | Drug Mistakes, Medication Errors
Last Update: 01/25/16 Bad Handwriting Kills People: The Sad Truth of Misread or Illegible Doctor’s Medicine Notes or Dosage Instructions Doctors are notorious for having bad handwriting, but many people are unaware of how serious a physician’s poor penmanship...