Learn how medication errors lead to clinical negligence claims, from prescription failures to administration mistakes and ...

The Hy-Vee Pharmacy at 410 N. Ankeny Blvd. in Ankeny, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth) An Ankeny pharmacy has been fined $1,000 for dispensing the wrong medication to a customer and then failing to ...

A former Tennessee nurse who was convicted of homicide last year after a medication error killed a patient said that the state Board of Nursing acted improperly when ...

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INDIANAPOLIS — Three-year-old John Casolaro's parents had no idea what was wrong when he was sick this past December. Then, his father noticed something unusual while mixing the boy's liquid ...

A Sioux City pharmacy with a history of regulatory violations has been fined for a medication error that led to a life-threatening situation for a customer. The Iowa ...

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...

A Pittsburgh-area woman died after having an allergic reaction to an antibiotic she was given not once, but twice, during surgery to repair a hernia. During the first surgery, the procedure was halted ...