Medication Errors

Injectable Drug Errors Cost the United States Quite a Bit, Kentucky

Medication errors from injectable drugs harm more than a million people and cost an average of $600,000 per hospital each year, a new study proclaims....

Kentucky Board of Pharmacy Presents New Controlled Substance Rules

You have probably heard a story about pharmacy staff taking unauthorized drugs from the shelves. Sometimes these stories involve personal use, and sometimes the staff...

Here a Pill, There a Pill: Understanding Pharmacy Errors in Kentucky

A few years ago, ABC News televised “Pharmacy Errors: Unreported Epidemic?”, an investigative program it had conducted on pharmacy errors in the United States. A...

If You Are Splitting Tablets, You May Be Risking Your Health, Kentucky

It’s not unusual for people in Kentucky to be told by their physician that they need only half the dosage of their prescription. He or...

Three Ways Louisville Pharmacists Could Be Responsible for a Medication Mistake

If you were given the wrong medication at your Kentucky pharmacy, the pharmacist may have contacted you to apologize. The pharmacy is his business, he...

Careful, Kentucky: The Shot You Get May Be the Death of You

As of October 31, 2012, a rare fungal infection has killed 28 people and made 377 sick with meningitis, according to the Centers for Disease...