A national medication safety organization is advocating for pharmacies to eliminate prescription time guarantees.  According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and ...

The plaintiff had a long-standing history of non-ischemic systolic congestive heart failure due to an idiopathic dilated ...

Kentucky's Board of Pharmacy investigates Med Save Eminence for "several areas of noncompliance" with state and federal laws.

The study analyzed 800 instances of medication error, which occurs when staff members administer medication to the wrong patient after either ignoring proper identification procedure or ...

In 2017 RaDonda Vaught injected the paralyzing drug vecuronium into 75-year-old Charlene Murphey instead of using the sedative Versed. The Vaught case has organizations concerned it will make ...

A Boca Raton woman said her infant son was prescribed medication for acid reflux, but one error led to a scary experience for her family.

COMOX, British Columbia (WKRC) - A pharmacy error nearly resulted in a dangerous mix-up for a 9-year-old boy when he was mistakenly given a potent opioid instead of his prescribed ADHD medication.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is the nation's first 501c (3) nonprofit organization devoted entirely to preventing medication errors. ISMP is known and respected for its ...

The Pharmacy Council acknowledged the error, calling it an 'awful tragedy'.

A patient received a $650,000 settlement from Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., to settle a lawsuit regarding a retained foreign object and medication error, according to a ...