A medication mix-up at a Nashville hospital left 4 surgical patients with serious injuries, including paralysis, after they were mistakenly given potassium phosphate instead of the anesthetic mepivacaine. The error occurred at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown on August 14, 2026, as patients were undergoing what were expected to be routine joint replacement procedures. An […]
Medication Error
Medication Errors Can Take Lives
A type of medication error occurs when a pharmacist fills the prescription incorrectly, either by putting the wrong pills in the bottle, or by putting a heftier dose than the doctor prescribed. Such was the case with one Wisconsin woman who died as a result of a medication error. Her doctor had prescribed her methadone […]
Improper Prescribing of Neurological Drug Nuedexta Is Widespread in Nursing Homes
Patients in nursing homes especially are vulnerable to medication errors and other types of medical malpractice. Florida law clearly sets a standard of care for nursing homes, but many nursing homes, because of understaffing, are unable to meet those standards adequately. One of the most common ways in which nursing homes fail to act in […]
