Ohio Nursing Home Medication Errors
According to a federal report on medication errors in nursing homes and hospitals, a nursing home in Ohio reported four deaths after an employee mistakenly connected nitrogen to the oxygen system.* In a few of the cases cited in the same report, patients suffered serious, sometimes fatal, injuries – a pharmacist filled a prescription with the wrong medication, a nurse turned the dose on a morphine pump up rather than down, an elderly patient with rheumatoid arthritis received a fatal overdose, and a patient died when given another patient's prescription in error.
Our lawyers advocate for those injured by medication errors
Nursing home, assisted living, senior-care facility, or home-care medication errors can often be traced to the administration's focus on profits at the expense of patient care. If someone you know has been seriously injured or died as a result of a medication accident, our attorneys will help you find out exactly what happened and hold the guilty parties accountable. At the Associated Offices of Dennis Seaman & Associates Co., L.P.A., and Garson & Associates Co., L.P.A., (Seaman & Garson), we have successfully recovered compensation for families with losses resulting from nursing home negligence.** Contact our Cleveland, Ohio, offices to arrange a free consultation with a lawyer.
Negligence leading to pharmaceutical accidents
Nursing homes are notoriously understaffed and medications are often dispensed by aides, temporary staff or permanent staff members who are overworked and/or otherwise unqualified to administer medication to patients. Duplication leading to overdoses, administration of the wrong drug to the wrong resident, and other errors are frequent in the absence of a registered nurse. Moreover, elderly patients are also at higher risk of medication errors since they often take multiple prescriptions, thereby increasing the risk of interactions, and are often disoriented, have poor vision or hearing, or for another reason are not able to monitor their own prescription drug use. At Seaman & Garson, we are lawyers committed to advocacy for seniors, and hold nursing homes to the quality of care residents are entitled to.
In order to make use of important evidence and witness statements, it is necessary to take action quickly if you suspect a resident's injury or death resulted from nursing home, assisted living, senior-care facility, or home-care negligence. Our elder care lawyers will enlist the help of medical experts to identify and prove the cause of the injury. Seaman & Garson represents clients throughout Ohio, including the communities of Lorain, Akron, Canton, Painesville, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, Dayton, Youngstown, Parma, and Cleveland in cases of nursing home neglect and abuse. We are also long-standing members of the American Association for Justice, and as such, we are connected to a nationwide network of attorneys.
Our attorneys have earned a reputation in the national legal community for setting standards in Ohio personal injury law. Call: 216-592-8741, toll free 866-409-6215, or e-mail our office to arrange a free consultation about a case of nursing home neglect.
* http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/2003/303_meds.html
**Results may vary
