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• Alert for Public Safety—FDA Reports Medication Error with Tamiflu

  The FDA has recently published a patient safety alert, reporting medication dosage errors associated with Tamiflu, (for oral suspension), the top doctor prescribed anti-viral flu medication, administered to both adults and children. Our Maryland Pharmacy…

• Dangerous Drug Abbreviations that Lead to Medical Injury

  In the ongoing topic of medical error and injuries that our Maryland Medication Mistake Lawyers covered earlier this week in a previous blog, the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP) recommends…

• Death from Medication Error Leads to Prevention Awareness

  As Maryland Medication Error Injury Attorneys, we have recently read data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that in the United States, 1.3 million people are injured by medication errors every year,…

• Veterans Hospital Paves the Way for Computerized Records

  In a post from earlier this year, our attorneys at Lebowitz & Mzhen, LLC discussed how computerized health records would help Maryland pharmacists and doctors to eliminate Maryland medication mistakes. According to a recent article…

• Medication Error Injury Prevention—Study Recommends Knowing Your Pharmacist

  A recent American Pharmacists Association (APhA) survey, that our Maryland Pharmacy Error Injury Attorneys have been following, revealed that 1.5 million people are injured by medication-related errors every year. The APhA commissioned the consumer survey,…

• Cardiac Medication Dosing Errors Reported Most Commonly With Infants

  As Maryland Medication Mistake Attorneys, we have been following a recent article from Cardiology Today, revealing that cardiac medication mistakes are reported most commonly with infants—in community hospitals, university hospitals, and pharmacies. The results of…

• ISMP Medication Error Cases and Prevention Checklist

  In a prior post from this week concerning pharmacy error injury, our Maryland Medication Error Attorneys at Lebowitz & Mzhen, LLC discussed a recent study published by the Institute of Medication Practices (ISMP), and the…

• Patient Safety Alert: ISMP Reports Medication Error with Drug Name Suffixes

  As Maryland Medication Error Attorneys, we have been following a recent study published by the Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), about the lack of prescription drug naming standards in extended release medications that lead…

• Maryland Law Encourages Maryland Doctors to Computerize Patient Records

  In prior posts concerning Maryland medication mistakes, the attorneys at Lebowitz & Mzhen, LLC have discussed how computerized health records help doctors and pharmacists eliminate medication errors. Today, Governor Martin O’Malley, signed a bill that…

• Patient Safety Alert: Medication Mistakes with Injected Medicines Are Frequent

  According to researchers, the results of a recent international study demonstrate that patients receiving injected medicines are at a higher risk of medication mistakes. Researchers determined that oral or written miscommunication were the root cause…