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Old 8th, May 2007, 09:51 PM
Steve G Steve G is offline
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Default Re: accurately checking prescriptions

Checking is not easy! It is tedious, repetitive and monotonous, but not easy. Ultimately, you need to develop a framework for checking that suits you, and that you are going to stick with. It does take time. Do you work with an ACT? They are very good at checking and may be able to help you.

You also need to learn not to trust what you thought you read. Our brains are very good at filling in gaps and making sense of things when not all the information is there. Combine this with similar packaging and its not difficult to see why things like procyclidine and prochlorperazine, promethazine and promazine and co-amilofruse and co-amilozide get mixed up!

In fact, here are a few errors I have made since I've been registered:
promazine 25mg given instead of promethazine 25mg
zoton 30mg given instead of zispin 30mg
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