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Originally Posted by Jeff Getting back on topic,
Error, near miss and intervention reporting is important.
We can and do learn from our own mistakes - but reporting gives us the ability to learn from each others.
Most employee pharmacists have little control over which generic we get yet we must have all had near misses with he old APS packs.
Errors are multifactorial - we canot address all the factors unless we record them.
Jeff | Hi Jeff I agree with what you say but why do all the forms I've seen have spaces for names. Surely it doesn't matter who made the mistake and surely if you fill out your own name you are admitting a criminal offence.
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