Here is a 60 MINUTES report on the NECC mess.. a number of things that lead up to that catastrophy … are being echoed in community/retail chain setting… how much longer before retail/community errors start making the national news?
Will it be the President of one of the chains that will be testifying before Congress claiming that the staff did not follow company policies and procedures.. or will it be the PIC and or other RPH staff testifying… knowing full and well if they tell the truth… they will be unemployed and/or if they plead the FIFTH.. the BOP will probably yank their license.. The PIC .. after all .. is legally responsible for the legal operation of the Rx dept…
In the case of NECC.. the corporation was small enough.. that the President of the corp was also a RPH.. so he took the blunt of the problems.. although the PIC of NECC .. also got his/her license revoked…
The cost of selling ethics – and your soul – for a paycheck.. can be a life changing event !
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And one more thing….what about the doctors that went ahead and still administered the medication, supposedly the mold was visible in many of the vials. So no one in the offices even bothered to double check for particulate matter? I would think that when they received their shipments, the mold would have settled on the bottom of the vial.
I think either way the staff RPh’s will have their licenses either yanked or put on probation by the BOP. If they can convince the BOP they were in fear of losing their job, they may just get probation with having to do a TON of CE on ethics. Do we know if any of them tried to complain to the BOP or AG in the past about conditions and were rebuffed. I think the BOP inspectors should be held accountable also as they were just as complacent in obviously either not inspecting the place or totally ignoring the filth I’ve read about. I thought the PIC was also either the CEO or the brother of the CEO.
According to this article:
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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/1024/Tainted-medicine-Mass.-moves-to-revoke-pharmacists-licenses
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Three RPH’s had their license yanked