Minnesota Pharmacist Malpractice Lawyer Summarizes Pharmacy Malpractice Lawsuits
A pharmacist has a duty to fill prescriptions correctly and without error. Pharmacists working at a drug store, hospital, clinic, nursing home, or any location must perform their duties with care and proper knowledge of the drugs they encounter.
A misfiled prescription by pharmacists can cause severe injuries or even death. It is the duty of a pharmacist to confirm the dosage of a drug with a physician in order to ensure that no error has been committed. There is a shortage of experienced pharmacists and the amount of work in the pharmacy field is increasing every day.
A few examples of pharmacy malpractice include:
- Prescription of one patient is given to another patient;
- Providing the wrong medication or wrong dose;
- Failure to understand correct medications with similar names;
- Providing a patient with a medication that has been compounded incorrectly;
- Dispensing the right medication but the wrong directions;
- Misreading the prescribed medicine due to bad handwriting of a physician;
- Failure to warn patients before dispensing medicines;
- Mislabeling errors; and
- Dispensing errors caused by stress, work-loads, and lack of backup
The following are some common consequences stemming from pharmacist malpractice:
- Allergic Reactions;
- Serious Injuries;
- Death; and
- Permanent Disability
As thousands of new drugs get introduced in the market, pharmacist malpractice is becoming more common. Keeping a close eye on each and every medication is not an easy job, and a shortage of experienced pharmacists in the United States is the real point of concern. Millions of people in the United States are victims of medical malpractice, and surprisingly an increasingly higher percentage of negligence cases are due to pharmacist malpractice.
Have you been injured or lost a loved one because of an act of malpractice by a pharmacist? Contact a MN pharmacist malpractice attorney with the Brown Law Offices, P.A. We offer free consultations at your home, work, hospital or one of our six Twin Cities metro offices. Contact us by calling (612) 789-2100 or submit an inquiry through our online consultation form.
