Lauren Ellerman

According to the Virginia Administrative Code – Nursing Home Neglect is “failure to provide timely and consistent services, treatment or care to a resident or residents, that are necessary to obtain or maintain the resident or resident’s health safety or comfort; or a failure to provide timely and consistent goods…

Friends – this happens more than you think. Nursing home residents get the WRONG medication, or a roommate’s medication, or the wrong amount.Please be diligent about discussing medication with the NH staff. If your loved one says they are giving them new pills, you as responsibility party, should have been…

This week I posted a blog about the Salmonella peanut butter issues. I asked the question “Who is to blame?” The Health dept? Cleaning crew? Workers? Apparently – the insurance company who supposedly insures the Peanut Company who made the product, is asking a local federal court to say whether…

FDA – The Federal Drug Administration, has a great deal of responsibility. Products, medicine, imports, exports – and now with a new President in the White House, we may see a review of how this huge governmental agency works.Making the peanut butter issue personal, the President told press this week…

So I am sure you have read by now, family of deceased Minnesota woman has filed a suit against the manufacturer of the peanutbutter that had salmonella.Now – as Americans, we probably think this lawsuit is justified. Company had a duty to make a safe product – roaches, mold and…

Most professionals have to get a “license” from a state board to practice their profession. Lawyers, nurses, doctors, funeral home directors, contractors – most of us work hard to get, keep and maintain professional licenses.We even help folks in various fields, defend themselves against challenges to their license. We have…

This just in 20 minutes ago from the AP.INDIANAPOLIS January 15, 2009, 10:56 am ET · Eli Lilly & Co. said Thursday it pleaded guilty to a charge that it illegally marketed the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa for an unapproved use, and will pay $1.42 billion to settle civil suits and…

Don’t click on this link if you think infection control in hospitals is really difficult to achieve.Click on the above link if you think simple handwashing can really make a difference in infection control.GROSS. DOUBLE GROSS – Cleveland Clinic finds a stark contrast between nurses that wash their hands (or…

Roanoke News WSLS is reporting Three deaths associated with a national salmonella outbreak occurred in Virginia and Minnesota, health officials confirmed Tuesday. Two adults in Virginia had salmonella when they died, though it’s not clear that the illness is what killed them, said Michelle Peregoy, a spokeswoman for the Virginia…