Medication Errors

Medication errors often occur because of negligence or a mistake or a health care provider. Doctors, pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmaceutical companies, and hospitals could each potentially be held liable for medication errors.

Medication errors can be had to detect, but when the truth is revealed and the damage is done, those injured need to know that there is a place to turn for help. Shegerian & Associates has a team of personal injury attorneys skilled in this area of medical malpractice law dealing with medication errors and can help those affected find the best legal remedies available to them. The injuries that result are sometimes so severe that they come to be fatal. Organ damage is one signal of, particularly debilitating medical errors. One of the most commonplace signs, however, is an allergic reaction to medication that has been mistakenly administered or administered with the incorrect dosage levels. Many health care workers are educated to administer the 5 ‘rights’ when giving medication to patients. These consist of the right management time, the right administration route, the proper patient, the proper dosage, and the right medication. Failure in any individual of these ‘rights’ should bring about legal responsibility for medication errors.