Melissa Sheldrick

• Pharmapod to take lead on implementing medication safety program in Ontario

  In June, the Ontario College of Pharmacists unanimously endorsed implementing a medication safety program for all pharmacies in the province.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2017
  
• New pharmacy program to prevent medication mistakes

  Eight-year-old Andrew Sheldrick suddenly died last year with no warning. “Not knowing why he died was a state of numbness, a state of questions."

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2017
  
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• Ontario mother continues push for national prescription-error reporting amid new WHO campaign

  The World Health Organization's Global Patient Challenge on Medication Safety initiative comes on the heels of another initiative led by Toronto mother, Melissa Sheldrick. She lost her eight-year-old son Andrew in March 2016 after he was given the wrong medication. Since his death, Sheldrick has been lobbying for mandatory pharmaceutical-error reporting in Canada.

  Health

  Aug 28, 2017
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• Ontario pharmacists move towards mandatory reporting of prescription-dispensing errors

  Melissa Sheldrick, whose eight-year-old son died in March 2016 after being given the wrong medication, said she is thrilled Ontario is working to change.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2017
• Shoppers Drug Mart gave Jean Marris the wrong medication — the result could have been dangerous

  When Jean Marris of Mississauga, Ont., filled her prescription for her weekly medication last Sunday, she was alarmed when she returned home and found dozens of pills.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2017
• How widespread are prescription error problems in Canada? We don’t really know

  More than 600 million medical prescriptions were dispensed by Canadian pharmacies in 2015. But how often are mistakes made? Experts say there's very little data.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2016
• Ontario mom wants mandatory prescription-error reporting across Canada after son, 8, dies

  Months after Melissa Sheldrick’s eight-year-old son Andrew died from ingesting a prescription issued in error, the Mississauga, Ont., mother is on a mission to have mandatory medication reporting systems instituted across Canada.

  Health

  Nov 29, 2016