Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University Healthwise Pharmacy.
Unfortunately, medication errors occur relatively often — and they can harm you and your family. The good news is there are ways to avoid medication errors.
By following these eight safety tips, you can help prevent medication errors at home and keep yourself and your family safe.
1) Ask Questions and Disclose as Much Information as You Can
By Leland Crouse [email protected]
Excerpt from the Small Town Sampler by Betty Miller
The Ada Herald 24 January, 1990 Gabriel Reeder Hubbell - 14 March, 1825 to 15 May, 1909
If you like adventure stories with Indian encounters and narrow escapes on the frontier, you don’t have to search for old “shoot-em-up” movies or books about the West of long ago. You can find a better story in our local history, and all of it really happened.
By Amber Patterson, MD ENT & Allergy Specialists of Northwest Ohio
Seasonal allergies often get lumped into one category. However, each season has its own unique allergens. Follow the guide below to see which months you can expect to see a flare up of which allergens.
A Medication Disposal Day will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, in the parking lot between Rite Aid and Cosi, Ada.
Those who want to dispose of expired or unused prescriptions as well as over-the-counter medications may give them to law enforcement officers at that time.
The meds will be disposed of in a safe, legal, and environmentally conscious way.
Three addition locations on April 27 will collect medications. They include: Hardin Memorial Hospital
Medical office parking lot
75 Washington Boulevard
Kenton
A review of the Village of Ada’s water quality record released this week from the Ohio EPA’s drinking water compliance database reveals no evidence of chemical contamination at levels of concern in Ada's aquifer.
The sample year for the report, called the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), is 2018.
The report shows no violations of contaminants from nearly a dozen areas of potential contaminants. Those areas include radium-228, nitrates, fluoride, copper, lead, synthetic contaminant and other potential contaminants.
