Hospital Negligence

• Equipment failure or malfunction
• Intravenous administration of fluids and/or medication errors
• Miscommunication among physicians and nurses or other medical staff
• Anesthesia errors (inability to properly intubate a patient, premature extubation,  anesthesia overdose, harmful medication interactions)
• Hospital (nosocomial) infections due to unsanitary conditions, improper sterilization, failure to disinfect
• Emergency room errors (misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, failure to treat in a timely fasion, failure to consult with specialized services, failure to transfer, misinterpretation of laboratory and/or radiologic studies, mislabeling patients, premature discharge from emergency room, failure to order or perform appropriate testing)
• Laboratory errors
• Pharmacy errors