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Bumetanide and Norepinephrine: Look-Alike Vials

One of the primary causes of medication errors is look-alike vials. Sometimes the error involves the same medication in similar-looking vials, as with Heparin medication errors that resulted in three infant deaths and the recent Heparin overdose cases at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

The look-alike medication errors can also involve different medications in similar-looking vials, as with bumetanide and norpinephrine, which are both made by Bedford Laboratories (see photo). Earlier this year, the Institute for Safe Medical Practices issued a look-alike alert for bumetanide and norepinephrine:

We’ve received four reports of look-alike confusion between bumetanide injection vials and norepinephrine injection vials, both made by Bedford Laboratories. In one case, a patient for whom 1 mg of bumetanide was ordered actually received the contents of a 4 mg vial of norepinephrine. A bin in the pharmacy marked ‘bumetanide’ had mistakenly been filled with several norepinephrine vials. The pharmacy technician and pharmacist did not notice the error during a dispensing check. A nurse also failed to notice the error. . . . We’ve contacted Bedford, and the company noted that the bumetanide cap had been changed to the color green last April. However, the error reported above occurred recently, suggesting that vials manufactured prior to April 2006 are still in use. Additionally, once the vial cap is removed from either product, the vials still look very similar.

If you need legal representation in a medication error case, please contact one of our medical malpractice attorneys. We represent people injured by medication errors throughout the United States. If you have been seriously injured, we will fly at our own expense to meet with you.

Posted November 2007.

Medtronic Defibrillator Lead Recall and Lawsuit

Medtronic Defibrillator Lead Injury?

Medtronic, Inc. suspended distribution of its Sprint Fedelis Leads. These electrodes (thin wires) connect an implanted defibrillator directly to the heart. Medtronic reports that some of the leads have fractured resulting in either unnecessary shocking or to not operate at all. The recalled leads have the following model numbers: 6930, 6931, 6948 and 6949. If you have one of these leads and suffered problems because of it, please contact our firm for legal assistance. Read more about the Medtronic recall and a Medtronic lawsuit.

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Attorney Elliot Olsen Speaks at Conference

Attorney Elliot Olsen recently spoke at the Seventh Annual LifeScience Alley Conference in Minneapolis on Preemption and the Future of Medical Device Litigation. He appeared with Randall Pattee of Lindquist and Vennum and Jean Lance, VP of corporate legal and general counsel for Boston Scientific.

Zicam Lawsuit

Several lawsuits have been filed alleging Zicam caused loss of smell (anosmia) and taste, and our lawyers are reviewing potential claims. We are gathering information about Zicam smell loss. Read more about Zicam: Zicam class action lawsuit, warning letter from the FDA to Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. regarding Zicam Cold Remedy nasal spray and gel swabs, Zicam recall.

After only one use of a Zicam Cold Remedy product, Bonnie Blodgett lost her sense of smell. A gradening writer and foodie, her life was drastically changed. She recently published Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense in which she chronicals her experience with losing her sense of smell and then slowly getting it back again.

Bonnie's experience with Zicam is similar to many of our other clients. They experienced a burning sensation during the first use of a Zicam product and then lost their sense of smell (anosmia). Most of them were not as fortunate as Bonnie and have not regained their sense of smell.

For more information about Remembering Smell, please click on the image of the book.

Ortho Evra Lawsuit: Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch

The Ortho Evra birth control patch has been linked to an increased risk of blood clots that can lead to pulmonary embolism, stroke and heart attack.

Fentanyl Lawsuit and Fentanyl Recall

There have been a number of recalls regarding fentanyl due to the risk of a fentanyl overdose.

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