medication errors, just what the doctor ordered?

Alarming facts and figures for medication errors in the united states and how you can help protect yourself and others.

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[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

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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

[1caninelover]

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

[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'

[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.

[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!