Serious Medication Errors Must be Reported – for Educational and Preventative Purposes!
http://pharmacistactivist.com/2014/November_2014.shtml#feature
From the article:
How often do serious medication errors occur? There have been varying estimates but the truth is that no one really knows. There are no requirements that serious medication errors have to be reported and, if anything, there is a disincentive to share/communicate information that would reflect negatively on the individual responsible for an error. Sometimes an error and its consequences are so serious and obvious that the situation reaches the attention of the news media. In other situations, however, even fatal medication errors never become known to individuals other than those most directly affected because a lawsuit is filed, an out-of-court settlement is reached, and a condition of the settlement is that the terms be considered confidential.
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