Medication errors are among the most common and preventable forms of medical malpractice, yet they often result in life-altering injuries or wrongful death. These mistakes can occur at any stage of care—from a physician prescribing the wrong dosage to a nurse administering the incorrect drug or a pharmacist failing to identify dangerous drug interactions. In Pennsylvania, healthcare providers are held to a strict standard of care to ensure patient safety when managing pharmaceuticals. Our articles explore the various types of medication negligence, the legal rights of victims, and how Lupetin & Unatin, LLC works to hold negligent hospitals and practitioners accountable for these devastating pharmaceutical failures.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to investigate a multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis first announced on September 26, 2012. The outbreak originated
Have you or a loved one been affected by the recent meningitis outbreak? If so, and you live in the state of Pennsylvania we urge
A patient was undergoing a procedure in a hospital when she had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic being administered, causing cardiac arrest. She was successfully resucitated and her surgery was rescheduled. Amazingly, the surgeon, who was the same surgeon present at the time of the original cardiac arrest, insisted that the patient get the prophylactic antibiotic and the anesthesiologist present and the nurse anesthetist present lacked the courage to refuse. The drug was administered. The patient died.
Originally Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA); February 5, 1998; Section: LOCAL; Edition: SOONER; Page: B-1 Steve Twedt, Post-Gazette Staff Writer A physician’s assistant who in 1993
Before a fatal overdose of salt was added to Zackery Gutierrez’s feeding tube at Children’s Hospital this summer, both of Zackery’s parents questioned the order,
