Sentences with phrase «of a medication error caused»

Unfortunately for patients across America, the number of medication errors causing injury to patients is likely to rise in coming years.

If you or a loved one has been harmed because of a medication error caused by a hospital, a doctor, a nurse, pharmacy, or another medical professional, you should speak with a Dallas medical malpractice attorney about the particulars of your case.

Emily Jerry died at the age of two as the result of a medication error caused by a pharmacy technician.

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These include many deadly medication errors, infections caused by roach droppings from the ceiling in the operating room, inebriated clinicians, atrocious acts performed on women and their newborns without their knowledge either because of anesthesia or because baby wasn't in eye - sight of mother.

The highest level of evidence necessary, because drugs may kill 100,000 Americans every year — not overdoses, not medication errors, not illicit drugs — just regular, FDA - approved prescription drugs, the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

Poor communication amongst the delivery team is one of the top causes of birth injuries in the U.S. Communication errors can result in a misdiagnosis, a failure to relay important information about a patient's condition, or a medication or treatment error.

Establishing the cause and consequent effect of a medication error will be a primary part of your lawyer's ability to seek justice and recover damages on your behalf.

In our practice at Hugh James we have seen many cases of medication errors which have caused harm or death.

While most of the medication errors that occur have either little effect on the patient, others can cause permanent long - term injury, disability, or even death.

Some of the most common medical malpractice cases we see are caused by hospital errors, medication errors, and other medical mistakes.

If a doctor makes an error in prescribing a medication for a patient — say, by prescribing a medication that would cause a fatal interaction with other medicines the patient is taking — but the hospital pharmacist catches the doctor's error before the medicine is actually given to the patient, the patient does not have a medical malpractice case against his doctor because of the legal requirement that the malpractice must cause harm to the patient.