Medication errors can cause serious injury or death. Patients depend on doctors, nurses, pharmacists, hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare providers to prescribe, dispense, administer, and monitor medications safely.
Medication mistakes may involve giving the wrong medication, giving the wrong dose, failing to recognize a dangerous drug interaction, failing to adjust medication for kidney or liver function, giving medication to the wrong patient, missing required doses, or failing to monitor a patient after a medication is given.
Some medication errors cause immediate harm. Others worsen an existing condition or create new complications over time. These cases often require careful review of medication orders, pharmacy records, medication administration records, nursing notes, lab results, and provider communications.
Rawls Law Group handles medication error cases involving private Virginia healthcare providers and federal healthcare facilities, including VA hospitals, military medical facilities, Indian Health Service facilities, and other covered providers. We focus on cases where medication mistakes cause serious injury or death.
Common Medication Error Cases
Medication malpractice cases may involve:
- Wrong medication
- Wrong dose
- Missed doses
- Dangerous drug interactions
- Failure to monitor anticoagulants or blood thinners
- Insulin and diabetes medication errors
- Opioid or sedative errors
- Medication errors involving kidney or liver impairment
- Failure to monitor drug levels
- Medication reconciliation failures during admission or discharge
- Nursing home medication mistakes
Virginia and Federal Medication Error Claims
Medication errors can occur in hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, VA hospitals, military medical facilities, and other healthcare settings.
If the medication error occurred in private Virginia healthcare, the claim may be governed by Virginia medical malpractice law. If the error occurred at a VA facility, military facility, IHS facility, or another federal healthcare setting, the claim may be governed by the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Rawls Law Group evaluates both types of claims and helps patients and families understand the right next step.