Posts tagged error

• Toddler Dies after Circumcision at Manhattan Hospital

  Paul Napoli | May 06, 2011 4:10 PM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  May 6, 2011 A routine circumcision procedure on a toddler at a New York City hospital has left the child dead and the family wondering what happened. The parents of Jamaal Coleson Jr., of...

• Man dies from hospital medication error, receives execution drug instead of antacid

  Paul Napoli | November 20, 2011 9:51 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  November 20, 2011 A family is grieving after a nurse at a South Florida hospital allegedly gave their loved one the wrong medication, causing his death. Local10.com reports that North...

• FDA Warns of Liquid Vitamin D Dropper Overdose Risk in Infants

  Paul Napoli | June 17, 2010 9:06 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  June 17, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to parents and caregivers that some droppers sold with liquid Vitamin D supplement products could allow dosage errors,...

• Study Shows Bar-Code Technology Reduces Hospital Medication Errors

  Paul Napoli | May 06, 2010 1:04 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Medical facilities can reduce patient medication errors by using bar-code technology with an electronic medication administration record (eMAR), according to a new study published in The New...

• Pharmacy Error Gives Pregnant Woman Abortion Drug Instead of Antibiotic

  Paul Napoli | February 09, 2011 5:41 AM | 9 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  February 8, 2011 A Colorado pharmacy mistakenly gave a pregnant woman the wrong drug, placing the life of her unborn child at risk, reports the Denver Post. Mareena Silva, 19, went to the Safeway...

• CVS pharmacy mix-up causes kids to get breast cancer drug instead of fluoride pills

  Paul Napoli | March 05, 2012 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  State authorities are investigating how a CVS pharmacy dispensed a breast cancer drug in place of fluoride tablets for nearly three months. The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has...

• Deaths of 21 Polo Horses Blamed On Pharmacy Error

  Chrissie Cole | April 26, 2009 1:34 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Twenty-one of 26 Venezuelan polo horses collapsed and died shortly after being injected with a compound similar to Biodyl, - a French-made supplement consisting of vitamins and minerals, that...

• 5-Year-Old Girl Dies from Local Anesthesia Overdose at Urgent Care Clinic

  Paul Napoli | August 02, 2011 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  August 2, 2011 A coroner has found that an overdose of anesthesia caused the death little girl at an Atlanta area urgent care clinic. ABC News reports that the parents of 5-year-old Kensley Kirby...

• Brooklyn Hospital Exposed Babies to Unnecessary Radiation

  Paul Napoli | March 01, 2011 1:57 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  February 28, 2011 Technicians at a New York hospital improperly X-rayed premature babies, exposing their whole bodies to dangerous radiation, reports The New York Times. The radiology department...

• 94 Percent of Nursing Homes Violated Federal Standards in 2007

  Chrissie Cole | September 30, 2008 7:12 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Nine out of 10 nursing homes in the U.S. last year were cited for violating federal health and safety standards, says a recently released report by the Department of Health and Human...