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Pritzker Olsen attorneys have appeared on CBS News, Fox news, and numerous local television stations throughout the country. They have recovered millions for medical malpractice victims and their families. To contact our law firm, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our free consultation form.

Error During Hospital Admittance Results in Medication Overdose

Medication error cases often involve errors during admittance to a hospital that lead to the administration of dangerous, sometimes fatal, doses of medication. In a recent case, a 10-year-old patient at Memorial Hermann Baptist Behavioral Health Center in Texas was given twice the recommended dosage of lithium carbonate. The medication error allegedly began with an admitting nurse incorrectly reporting the amount the patient had been prescribed and continued with doctors and other hospital personnel not catching the mistake. The young boy quickly suffered serious, permanent injury due to lithium carbonate overdose.

Here is a run down of some of the medical malpractice claims that can arise when a hospital gives a patient an overdose of a medication:

Failure to take a proper history of current medications
Failure to verify dosage of medications
Failure to check for proper pediatric dosage
Failing to assess proper dosage for patient by body weight
Failure to have adequate policies and procedures in place to prevent medication overdose
Failure to note and/or report responses to medication
Failure to be aware of symptoms of a medication overdose
Failure to timely diagnose an overdose of medication
Failure to treat an overdose of medication

To contact a medical malpractice attorney at Pritzker | Olsen, please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit the firm’s online consultation form.

Sources: Court Case No. E180-497 filed in SE Texas and David Yates, “Suit alleges hospital oblivious to boy's lithium overdose,” South East Texas Record, October 15, 2007.

Pritzker Olsen attorneys have appeared on national television and have been quoted by national publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and Lawyers USA. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman have been named "Super Lawyers" by Law and Politics magazine (2008 and previous years). Attorney Fred Pritzker is also listed in the current edition (2008) of The Best Lawyers in America. To contact Pritzker Olsen Attorneys, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit the firm's free consultation form.

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