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Q: I am a pharmacist who catches medical errors on a daily basis. The stats on pharmacy mistakes are frightening.
Hiring uneducated technicians for pharmacies is incredibly dangerous. I catch three or four errors per day and report them, only to be chided by my manager. I’m made to feel terrible about caring if our patients are getting the correct medication or not.
Errors are not only coming from physicians and other prescribers. Patients need to be mindful of medications when they receive them, and verify the correct medicine is inside the bottle. I am diligent, but if I weren’t here, would someone else be as careful catching errors made by pharmacy techs?
A: A 2009 study found an error in one in every five prescriptions filled in pharmacies (Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, March-April 2009).
We urge readers to follow your good advice and always check prescriptions before leaving the pharmacy counter.
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