Recently, my father attempted to relive his glory days on the football field with unfortunate results. While attempting to imitate some of the great wide receivers of his day, he ruptured his Achilles tendon and required surgery. I accompanied him to one of his follow up visits to his doctor’s…
One of the sources of information that we read regularly is published by the Institute of Safe Medication Practices. Recently, the ISMP wrote about individuals who were using a dosage cap from one over the counter medication, to measure medication from another medication. When the measuring cups were swapped as…
As the parent of children in elementary school, I recently received a call from the school nurse who reported that one of my kids was sick. I was impressed with the professionalism and competence shown by the school nurse. When I was in the nurse’s office, with children as young…
In litigating Maryland pharmacy error cases, our pharmacy negligence attorneys have learned some interesting facts about different drugs, their effects, and the proper manner they are designed to be ingested. Drug manufacturers design medications with a specific method of patient ingestion in mind. Some drugs are designed to be administered…
Americans suffering from vision loss are at an increased risk for injuries caused by pharmacy errors. In a recent survey, the American Federation for the Blind (“AFB”) reports that nearly 20 million Americans suffer from some form of significant vision loss and many have suffered injuries due to their inability…
In earlier posts, the Maryland pharmacy error attorneys at Lebowitz & Mzhen Personal Injury Lawyers have discussed how computerized prescription entry programs decrease the risk of patient injury due to pharmacy errors. A study at the Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut is another example of how these systems work. Recently,…
Maryland pharmacy error attorneys serve a number of clients who do not speak English as their first language. Some of these clients have raised the issue of not being able to receive prescriptions or dosage instructions written or spoken in their native languages from big box pharmacies. The attorneys at…
In many of our earlier posts, we have discussed the threats posed by medication errors in Maryland pharmacies. The Maryland pharmacy error attorneys at Lebowitz & Mzhen, LLC suggest that our clients take an active role in their health care in order to prevent prescription errors. Consumers should get as…
There are many reasons why I believe that someone injured due to a Maryland pharmacy error should hire an attorney. One of the reasons is that pharmacists are instructed by their malpractice insurance companies to avoid admitting that they have done anything wrong, even when the pharmacist knows that he…
In the past, when you filled a prescription at a Maryland pharmacy, you may have wondered about the training received by the technicians behind the counter. In some cases, technicians have attended nationally accredited pharmacy technician training programs. Other time, however, the pharmacy technician training is limited to training received…