Is 200,000 errors a year a EPIDEMIC ?

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Every 8 Minutes, A Child Experiences A Medication Error http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/20/medication-errors-childre_n_6003902.html from the article: Though the majority of the incidents were not life-threatening, medication errors nonetheless represent a major public health concern in the United States, affecting more than 200,000 children annually — roughly 30 percent of whom are 6 or younger.

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In case you wonder why you got the wrong medication

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

The simple truth of retail chain pharmacy http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/formulary-journal/content/simple-truth-retail-chain-pharmacy From the article: Make it work, or else One day at work, I was operating in total chaos, trying to verify, review, and fill prescriptions while three phone lines were ringing, the drive-thru bell was buzzing, the line in the lobby snaked halfway across the store, the […]

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