Troubling Pharmacies: series links
Last week’s series about local pharmacies and pharmacists who’ve run afoul of the Board of Pharmacy, and the transparency issues with how the board notifies the public, are collected below.
Under the story links you’ll find information about how to check the board’s case decisions or to look up the license status of your pharmacist, doctor, nurse, or other health professional.
Seventeen local pharmacies were cited by inspectors since 2010. One pharmacist committed over forty violations across 27 years and was never suspended for a day:
Augusta Health officials explain the corrective process after state inspectors paid a visit during a major renovation of their on-site pharmacy:
You could be visiting a pharmacy that had been cited for violations and was still in the midst of corrective actions, or accepting a prescription from a pharmacist on probation, without ever knowing it:
These area pharmacies were cited for violations since 2010:
A small but important improvement to how the state just made it easier to find out important information about your local health professionals:
Even if you have a clean record, inspections can be anxiety-inducing:
Case decisions from our area illustrate the type of mistakes that can endanger customers:
Complaints can be made online at http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Enforcement/complaints.htm; by calling (800) 533-1560 or (804) 367-4691 or faxing (804) 527-4424; or by emailing enfcomplaints@dhp.virginia.gov when there is awareness of possible violations by one of DHP’s licensees.
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