Burbank Medication Error Lawyers

Starting in 1992, the Federal Drug Administration began documenting medication errors.  In present day, medication errors are reported directly to the Federal Drug Administration where serious injury resulted and / or a medication error may have been a component.  A division of the FDA is the Division of Medication Errors and Technical Support which evaluates all medication error reports to provide further feedback to the FDA as to medication errors.

Some common types of medication errors include:

• Confusing Drugs with Similar Names;
• Confusing Metric with Other Units of Measure;
• Inappropriate Abbreviations;
• Inappropriate Drug Labeling;
• Incomplete patient information;
• Incorrectly Adding Zeroes to Prescription Strength;
• Incorrect Placement of Decimal Point in Prescription Strength;
• Lack of Up-To-Date Drug Warning Information;
• Miscommunication of Drug Orders,
• Poorly Handwritten Prescriptions;
• Unaware of Allergies;
• Unaware of Lab Results;
• Unaware of Patient’s Allergies;
• Unaware of Patient’s Other Allergies; and
• Unaware of Previous Diagnosis.

If you or a loved one has suffered serious injuries as a direct result of the negligent acts of a doctor or a physician through a medication error in Burbank Glendale or Pasadena, California, then please contact one of our Burbank Medication Error Attorneys for a free confidential initial consultation.