medication errors, just what the doctor ordered?

[Sortore987012]

I see them...I did not notice them incorproated in the video...sorry!

[Sortore987012]

I have used your video in Pharmachology and Dosage Calculations courses I have taught. I would like to use it for presentations, but the video does not have a list of references. Where did you obtain the stats you incorproated?

[raketbaler]

There's a new product out called ColorSafe IV Lines. these color tinted lines make it a lot easier for nurses to administer medications and a lot harder to make a mistake. Nurses love this new product but the big manufacturers are moving slow at changing their existing clear lines to the ColorSafe IV Lines.

[dianjc]

And if you can't read the doctor's handwriting, how hard is it to pick up the phone and ask for clarification?

[dianjc]

Stop bitching about patients being too rude, irritating and annoying, or doctors having bad handwritings. Don't blame anybody. Blaming is totally pointless AND useless.

When you make a mistake, FIX IT RIGHT AWAY. Blaming other people doesn't get you anywhere. You make a mistake, fix it, and MOVE ON.

Our purpose is to prevent errors as much as we possibly can and save people's lives. What good is your degree if you can't even save one person?

Patients are meant to be patients, NOT VICTIMS.

[Balldez]

The main cause is greed.

American hospital average 10 medication errors per day.

Please send this information to every elected official you know.

Thank you for this important video!

We have corporate run health care. That's the problem!

[ExquisiteNikki]

AND the doctors have such poor hand writing, they should go to take a hand writing course and pass before becoming a doctor. and when we call to clarify its like they dont give a rats ass and pends on and on forever when it could possibly be an anitbiotic!!!

[mejsp]

From a nurse of 27 years: JCAHO which regulates hospitals recognizes the seriousness of this problem and is enforcing tougher guidelines. This is a national patient safety goal. As I clinical nursing instructor I harp on medication safety. NCLEX, an exam that documents a nurse's ability to begin practice, includes medications and safety issues. Our hospital pharmacy is updating its electronic equipment to decrease errors. WE CARE, WE TRY AND WE HAVE NEW DRUGS TO LEARN EVERY DAY.

[1caninelover]

@mejsp Oh God, those idiots from JCAHO; a bloated, useless beauracrasy who serves only to justify their incomes.

[makayla418]

Something that is very interesting - med errors are more likely to occur at the prescribing (ie, physicians) and administration (ie, nurses) processes. A famous book ("To Err is Human") about med errors also points out that we need to focus on fixing the system more than the person.

[hortonok]

To Err is Human was one of the sourses used to create this presentation.

[elliethebug]

Every managing level position from Pharmacy supervisor UP should be required to read that report BEFORE and AFTER they receive any other training. And they should have yearly meetings where they go over their evolving understanding of it. There is no such a thing as reading about it in school and actually joining the rat race. No one should aver forget they are not working to meet and beat financial forcasts to give health CARE-the key-word is CARE!

[Joemamabush]

What if this device could give you a second opion? Why not train the device to scan for virus or disease.

[cathyhorton]

emily was cured of her cancer. the tragedy was that she was receiving her very last treatment when this overdose occured.  she conquered cancer but could not overcome the breathtaking negligence of the medical profession. Cathy Horton

[1caninelover]

@cathyhorton If she was receiving her last dose she was not cured. Cancer is deemed 'in remission' after five years. Additionally, why would anyone who is CURED of cancer be getting anything for it? Get your facts straight as your post is 'breathtaking idiocy'

[cwj06001]

emily's law = tech. messed the saline concentration for the 2 year old's chemotherapy.

but she was 2...and on chemo...she was going die anyway.

[hortonok]

flaame will be creating a video that highlights exactly this point when funding for it is finalized. It will be posted on here. The reasons for errors are wide ranging and we know that patient error play a big part. We are trying to be constructive here - not blame! thanks for your posts - tell your friends to check us out...

[tjdtjo]

YES & AMEN TO mottigga. We call them "counter pounders", and they are usually over the age of 65. I am new in this industry and my eyes have been opened to the absolute inconsiderate behavior of people...I have worked in retail my entire life. Never have i seen anything like a retail pharmacy. Anyone in this profession, MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU...You give alot for very little respect.

[mottigga]

After interning in a community chain pharmacy during pharmacy school, I can say that when an error happens, it's likely due to stress and demands of asshole patients who think that transferring pills from one bottle to another is the whole job. I've never seen anything to beat it.. people slamming the counter and cussing that they want it NOW and for nothing, while I'm trying to teach them about a drug that may kill them. I counsel ALL patients, so prepare to wait as long as it takes.

[ExquisiteNikki]

Yes I'm a tech and its really the patients demanding too much for there meds, thinking its like fast food, in and out. They are too rude and they expect too much out of us when we're trying to fill 300 scripts with 2 techs and 1 pharmacist. Its the company they should be upset about, its not our fault we're so under staffed and stressed! I believe working in the pharmacy has made me age!!!

[Lisa4174]

@mottigga You should be stripped of your license for referring to people as "asshole patients", You have no business being a pharmacist, and certainly no business being a responsible party in someone's healthcare. I once saw a pharmacist tech sort through someone's meds with her bare hands-after she had just rung up an order on the cash register. When alerted, the pharmacist just shrugged. I was picking up meds for my neutropenic cancer ridden child. Suffice it to say-he WAS FIRED. Good riddance