An intern pharmacist misread the prescription, entered the prescribed dose as one tablet twice daily, rather than 1.2 mmol twice daily.

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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.

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy alleges that on Oct. 4, 2023, Greenville Pharmacy in Sioux City incorrectly filled a prescription for a customer who then began taking the drug.

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has not disclosed if any patients were adversely affected by these errors.

We report the rates of medication errors per 100 patients and per 100 prescriptions with 95% CIs, and the rates of medication errors according to stage, type and medication category.

These institutions operate under national medication safety regulations, including the Regulations on Pharmaceutical Affairs Management in Medical Institutions (2011) and the Quality Control ...

A convicted drug dealer's deportation case will be reheard after the Home Office wrongly accepted he had been a lawful UK resident for most of his life. Olajiire Obafemi Shoyombo, a Nigerian ...

Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these errors can lead to preventable adverse drug events (pADEs), it is important to know what type of ME is ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A former Indianapolis CVS (Consumer Value Stores) employee says understaffing is causing frequent medication mistakes at a near north side store location. Katie Forbes is a ...

Medication errors are, at minimum, a waste of resources and may even represent fraud when patients are charged for omitted doses.

Clonazepam pill bottle pictured in this stock image. automation Additional packages of clonazepam, a prescription medication used to treat seizures and anxiety, mislabeled with the incorrect ...