11 Ways Medication Errors Can Occur In A Hospital

Medication errors are incredibly serious and can cause significant, permanent injury to a patient, including death. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists recently released guidelines for healthcare facilities for preventing medication errors and where they may occur, including:   

• Safe storage
• Dispensing
• Preparing
• Patient admission
• Administration errors like wrong patient/drug
• Drug selection
• Planning for such events
• Monitoring effects
• Ordering, transcribing, reviewing
• Patient discharge
• Evaluation of systems and processes to avoid medication errors

If you or your loved one experienced a significant injury in a healthcare setting and you question the level of care you received, contact our firm immediately. Our Connecticut medical malpractice team will begin a legal and medical investigation.