Medication Errors

Did Stress Cause Your Kentucky Pharmacist to Make a Medication Error?

If you’ve been to a busy pharmacy at rush hour, you know it can be an incredibly hectic environment. The number of yearly prescriptions is...

Meningitis From Steroids in Kentucky? Brace Yourself for the Remedy

Hundreds of people have received injections of contaminated steroids. Some people have died; the “lucky” ones are now battling meningitis—an inflammation of the protective membranes...

Reporting Medication Errors in Kentucky: Let’s Not Punish the Nurse

Nurses in Kentucky hospitals are generally the individuals who administer medication; hence, they are the last line of defense against medication errors—except for the patients...

How Children Can Suffer From Sound-Alike Drug Mistakes in Louisville

Many parents realize that their children are especially at risk of suffering ill effects from a prescription drug injury in Kentucky. But what they may...

Kentucky Kids Suffer From the Loss of School Nurses

In recent months, schools in Louisville and throughout the United States have laid off or reduced the hours of on-site school nurses. This unfortunate move...

Medication Errors in Children May Be Frequent and Preventable

At the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting in 2006, it was reported that up to 26 percent of outpatient care children were the victims of...