Medication Error Leads To Decertification Of Nursing Home | MI Medication Error & Mistake Attorneys
A nursing home is losing its certification after several reported cases of wrong medication dosing. According to official reports, in many instances, severely needed medication was delayed, not given, or never ordered even though medical staff was directed to do so by physicians. Some of the errors include administering what was supposed to be a one-time dose as a daily dose given for 23 days, giving a patient 28 units of penicillin when only 3 units were ordered, and giving powerful antibiotic once every seven days instead of every day for seven days.
When one falls victim to a nursing home medication error, medical malpractice has occurred that can leave victims severely harmed or dead. These patients may face a long physical and emotional recovery. Additionally, victims and their families will have to pay for the additional medical care to heal them of the mistake’s effects.
If you suspect your loved one is not being properly taken care of by the nursing home they reside in, and the nursing home staff has made a medication error, a Michigan nursing home neglect lawsuit may be sought. (more…)