Medication Error: Pharmacist Malpractice in Kentucky (Part A)

You may be entitled to receive compensation through a Kentucky medical malpractice claim if you were injured because of a medication error. While a medication error can occur in a hospital or other medical facility, it can also be the result of a pharmacist's mistake.

A Louisville pharmacist malpractice attorney will take the time to carefully evaluate your case and determine whether or not you have a valid Kentucky medical malpractice claim worth pursuing. An attorney will also determine the types of damages you may be able to seek.

What can lead to a medication error?

It may be difficult to comprehend that a medication error could take place, but the reality is this is not an uncommon occurrence. But it's also a very dangerous mistake because the results can be catastrophic, even fatal.

Some of the ways a medication error can occur include:

• illegible handwriting on the written prescription;
• misreading of the written prescription;
• wrong dosage is prescribed;
• medication is incorrectly compounded;
• wrong instructions for the medication are provided;
• patient is mistakenly given another patient's prescription; and
• similarity in names causes the wrong prescription to be given.

These are preventable errors that may be a result of a pharmacist's mistake. This could lead an individual to file a Kentucky medical malpractice claim in order to receive compensation for injuries.

How do you prove a pharmacist's mistake in a medication error?

In order to pursue a Kentucky medical malpractice claim, you must be able to prove your medication error was a result of a pharmacist's mistake. The basis of this type of claim is that the pharmacist had a duty of care, that duty of care was breached, the breaching caused an individual to be harmed and as a result, damages were suffered.

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