Kentucky nursing homes should take notice. Medication errors at nursing homes are on the rise. Every year nursing home residents are the victims of prescription errors. Many nursing homes lack adeqaute staff to properly care for their residents. This lack of staff causes mistakes to…
Are pharmacy errors in Kentucky on the rise? According to a recent study the answer is yes. Many Kentucky pharmacies are using pharmacy technicians instead of licensed pharmacists to fill prescriptions. Often times this can lead to a less skilled worker filing a prescription which…
When a pharmacist’s mistake leads to a medication error and you suffer injuries as a result, you may be able to receive compensation through a medical malpractice claim. A Louisville pharmacist malpractice attorney will assist you with the process of filing your Kentucky medical malpractice…
Walgreens pharmacy committed a prescription error by giving a child the wrong medicine for two months. Instead of a drug to treat hand tremors, the child received a steroid. This caused the boy to start puberty early and caused him to go into “rages.” Such…
Kentucky continues to have rising statistics on prescription errors as more and more small mom and pop pharmacies are being run out of town by the major pharmacy chains. The statistics for 2010 show a sharp increase of medication errors, mostly at the major pharmacy…
CVS and Walgreen’s pharmacy chains are in the news again concerning prescription drug mistakes. were investigated concerning their policies to fill prescriptions. The study, conducted by USA Today, showed that the chains focus heavily on filling prescriptions as fast as possible. This focus, however, causes…