MEDICATION ERRORS RESULT IN COSTLY CLAIMS FOR OPHTHALMOLOGISTS (REPRINTED FROM OPHTHALMIC RISK MANAGEMENT DIGEST, WINTER 1995)

Medication errors are a frequent cause of medical malpractice claims. Because serious injury often results, medication errors can be costly to defend, indemnify or settle. A review of five closed claims involvi ng glucocorticoids, corticosteroids, antibiotics and silver nitrate of fers insight into how ophthalmologists can protect themselves against medication maloccurrences.