An Ozempic overdose lawsuit claims a man was hospitalized with severe injuries after a Giant Pharmacy accidentally gave him too high a dose of the diabetes drug.
The new guidelines target community pharmacies, seeking to prevent avoidable medication errors.
The ISMP warns of dozens of dosing errors linked to the COVID-19 drug Paxlovid, often involving overdosing of patients with renal impairment.
A new study shows already available doctor intervention tools can prevent a significant amount of antibiotic overprescribing.
The findings of a new study reveal antibiotic overuse in children leads to increased antibiotic resistance, unnecessary side effects, and costs the health care system millions of dollars annually.
The ISMP is warning of potential medication errors due to confusion over new packaging for B. Braun potassium chloride solutions.
An ISMP report highlights drug name confusion as one of the leading causes of medication errors.
An ISMP report on the most common medication errors in 2021 includes several recurring problems involving administration of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Smiths Medical is recalling about 1.4 million insulin syringes with skewed measurement markings which could result in an insulin overdose.
Some blister packs of generic Kappra, an anticonvulsant, may scan as generic Aleve due to a barcode scanning problem, according to a warning by ISMP.
