Sentences with phrase «wrong patient occurred»

In 2007, 84 incidents of wrong surgery site or wrong patient occurred, with numerous other cases going unreported.

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Pharmaceutical injuries occur when a patient takes a defective drug, is instructed to take an improper dosage, or is prescribed the wrong drug by his physician.

A prescription error may occur because a patient is misdiagnosed, because a pharmacist can not read a doctor's handwriting on a prescription slip, because a doctor writes down the wrong medication, or because any medical professional involved in the prescription drug process does anything that constitutes substandard care or medical treatment.

Often, the period when the fault occurred and when death results can take seconds, as in the case of a car accident where a victim dies at the scene, or months, as where a doctor prescribes the wrong medication that over time results in the patients death.