Failing to Follow Drug Handling Guidelines Leads to Seizures, Deaths

Drugs in nursing homes are carefully handled to be sure the wrong people don’t get the wrong medications.  Charting is done to ensure that the right residents get their medications on time and in the proper dosage.  Charting will also show how often a resident is to be given specific doses of medication so that an overdose does not occur.  However, when there is a breakdown in the accuracy of the charting that is done, or nursing home employees neglect to ensure that the residents receive the proper medications, nursing home residents can be put in a dangerous situation. If charts are not accurate, employees will not know how much medication was administered, when it was administered, or even what kind of medication was administered.  This can lead to dangerous mix ups in what kinds of drugs are administered and how often they are administered.  If this happens, residents can experience very serious side effects including seizures, coma, and even death.  When a nursing home resident experiences an overdose, it may be an accident, but the nursing home does need to take responsibility.  The procedures in place are designed to keep overdoses from happening, so failing to follow the guidelines that are standard means staff members made a critical mistake.  If your loved one suffered an overdose, contact a San Bernardino nursing home abuse lawyer to see what you can do to take action against the nursing home.