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Medication errors remain a significant concern across Canada’s home care and long-term care (LTC) systems. While digital eMAR (electronic Medication Administration Records) tools have replaced many ...
Traveling with kids means expecting the unexpected. That’s why I always pack triple the meds; just in case becomes just ...
Months before, an internal safety committee had identified a trend of medication errors, including when a nurse accidentally ... His medical records, provided to reporters by the family, list a ...
The federal government has been tracking a special inflation measure designed specifically for Americans 62 and older for ...
— Bickford Cottage, an Iowa City assisted living center, was fined $5,000 after a female resident wandered from the facility ...
Health Canada is supposed to issue rulings on new generics – which are copies of branded drugs whose patents have expired – ...
Recalls happen most every day, but some can be more impactful than others. These are the most major recalls in recent history ...
Two types of painkillers are experiencing a nationwide shortage in Canada, leading Health Canada to advise patients to ...
The agency said the products don't meet regulations and have the potential for "fall, strangulation and entrapment hazards." ...
A Winnipeg harm-reduction centre has temporarily paused its mobile safe injection and drug testing services after their ...
A human rights tribunal has found that an employer’s failure to provide accommodation for an immunocompromised worker ...
Reporters, editors and photographers are human, and they all make mistakes sometimes. Whether it’s a misspelled name, an incorrect date or fact, a typo, a misheard quote or any other error, the Free ...