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Apr 29, 2015 by ArtiModi

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What’s the true incidence of medication errors? No one really knows. A study of two Australian hospitals shed a little lighter on medication errors – what kind were made, and which were reported. The researchers found very few medication errors [...]

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Avoiding Medication Errors with Tube Feeding

Dec 09, 2014 by ArtiModi

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How to Avoid Medication Errors with Tube Feeding Tube feeding may be needed as a long term way of delivering nutrition at home. Nurses are expected to be knowledgeable about how to give medications through a tube. If you are [...]

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Medication Errors: Unlabeled Medications

Oct 23, 2014 by ArtiModi

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There are multiples ways medication errors occur: giving the wrong medication at the wrong time to the wrong patient by the wrong route or giving the wrong dose or for the wrong reason. There are special risks associated with liquids [...]

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Coordinating Care Reduces Medical Errors

Apr 07, 2014 by ArtiModi

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How many times have medical malpractice attorneys seen the results of medical errors caused by fragmented care? Unfortunately, some patients are at high risk for medical malpractice simply because of the complexity of their regimens. Pat recalls a case in [...]

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Insulin Overdoses: More Than a Simple Injection

Mar 08, 2014 by ArtiModi

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Have you litigated cases involving insulin overdoses? Insulin is commonly used to control the blood sugars of juvenile or Type 1 diabetics. It is a mistake to take this seemingly harmless drug for granted. Insulin is one of the most [...]

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Medication Errors

Avoiding Medication Errors with Tube Feeding

Medication Errors: Unlabeled Medications

Coordinating Care Reduces Medical Errors

Insulin Overdoses: More Than a Simple Injection

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