'Significant Medication Errors' Discovered In Nursing Home Following Investigation Related To Patient Injury & Death
Following a medication-error related death and other medication-related problems that resulted in patient injuries, Minnesota Department of Heath investigators concluded that Fair Oaks Lodge in Wadena, MN was guilty of neglect and other federally mandated nursing home standards. The 'major medication errors' occurred within 16 days of one another. According to the State's investigative report: A medication aide mistakenly gave an Alzheimer's patient drugs for her central nervous system, the heart and anti-psychotic medication all of which resulted in an immediate drop of her blood pressure. Despite being rushed to the emergency room, the elderly woman died three days later....
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Medications Commonly Prescribed To Nursing Home Patients May Cause Stevens Johnson Syndrome
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (“SJS”) is a systemic disorder that affects the skin and mucous membranes, usually caused by a severe drug reaction. SJS often begins with flu-like symptoms (fever, sore throat, cough, burning eyes), then progresses to red or purple rashes and blisters (photos), especially around the mouth, nose, eyes. These symptoms eventually lead to skin sloughing (the shedding of the top layer of skin) because of cell death. Some patients with extreme cases of SJS appear as though they were severely burned due to the extensive skin loss. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a hypersensitivity disorder usually caused by a reaction to a newly...
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