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Defective medical devices can cause horrendous injuries, permanent disabilities, hospitalizations, and even death. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a medical device is intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease. In other words, these devices are intended to ease…

Surgical errors are a type of medical malpractice that involve healthcare provider’s negligence and misconduct during a surgical procedure. Surgical errors can cause devastating long-term consequences – including death. Examples of Surgical Errors: Leaving surgical instruments in patients Anesthesia errors – including failing to check for allergies and oxygen failures Puncturing, severing, or otherwise affecting…

We trust our healthcare providers to prescribe the correct medications just as we trust the pharmaceutical manufacturers to make safe medications. Prescription errors destroy this trust and can lead to long-term consequences, including death. We need healthcare providers who prescribe medications accurately and with care. What is a Prescription Error? Devastating prescription errors can occur in…

When you give birth, you put your trust in healthcare providers to make sure that you and your child are safe. But it’s devastating when that trust is broken and a preventable birth injury that can have a lifelong impact on your child occurs. Many babies suffer from minor injuries during delivery that do…