slide 1: 1 Types Of Medication Errors To
Look Out For When Receiving
Medical Treatment In
Pennsylvania
slide 2: Whenever you go to your local pharmacy or are
otherwise purchasing a medication prescribed by your
doctor keep in mind that prescription drug errors
account for a large percentage of medical malpractice
lawsuits in Pennsylvania and all across the U.S.
slide 3: Types Of Medication Errors To Look Out For Let’s review some of the most common types of medication errors any
unsuspecting Pennsylvania resident can become a victim of: ➢ Doctors nurses or pharmacists administering the patient the
wrong medication ➢ Administering the patient the wrong dosage i.e. overdose
receiving too much or underdose receiving too little ➢ Failure to properly label the drug mislabeling
slide 4: ➢ Administering or prescribing the patient a drug that the patient
is allergic to the most common cause of this type of medication
error is that the healthcare provider failed to review the
patient’s medical history ➢ Administering or prescribing the patient a drug that increases
the adverse effects of the other medication the patient is taking
or vice versa and ➢ Failure to warn the patient of all the reasonably expected side
effects of the drug.
slide 5: Administering The Wrong Medication Or
Dosage More often than not it is advised to consult with an
experienced medication error attorney in Philadelphia
or elsewhere in Pennsylvania when harmed due to a
prescription drug error. That’s because there can be many liable
parties in your particular case as anyone and everyone who is
involved with manufacturing labeling distributing advertising
prescribing and administering medications can be held liable
for medication errors.
slide 6: Causes Of This Particular Type Of
Prescription Drug Error ➢ Simply making a mistake about what medication should be prescribed or what
dosage to prescribe this one is most often caused by lack of medical experience
or training on the part of the healthcare provider ➢ Missing or transposing a decimal point when prescribing medication dosage
this can lead to the patient being administered the wrong dosage that exceeds
the dosage that should have been prescribed by tens or hundreds of times ➢ Administering the medication in the wrong part of the body as you may have
guessed by now in most cases nurses are responsible for this medication
error and ➢ Administering the wrong medication or wrong dosage due to doctors’ bad
handwriting in the prescription.
slide 7: If you have sustained an injury or illness because the
medication was mislabeled or there was no proper
warning of side effects you may able to bring a product
liability lawsuit. However doctors may also be held liable for this type of
medication error. Whatever is the case schedule a free
consultation with a Philadelphia medical
malpractice lawyer at The Weitz Firm LLC.
slide 8: Address: 1528 Walnut Street 4th Floor Philadelphia PA 19102 Phone:267-587-6240 Website: https://www.theweitzfirm.com/contact.shtml Contact:
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