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Old 18th, July 2008, 05:48 PM
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Default anyone see this one? pharmacist kills patient...

'I've been robbed of my wife after cancer drug mistake' - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie
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Old 19th, July 2008, 09:46 PM
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Default Re: anyone see this one? pharmacist kills patient...

eek!

the perils of solo dispensing / checking!

just shows how easy it can be to slip into a mindset when dispensing on your own....
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Old 23rd, July 2008, 08:35 PM
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Default Re: anyone see this one? pharmacist kills patient...

some people are better accuracy checkers than pharmacists

are we going to see community pharmacists doing pharmaceutical check only

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accuracy checker (spot the different expert) to be the sole medicines checker (no pharmaceutical check involved, patient name and address, DOB, doctor signature, script date, drug name, strength, form, instruction, and quantity)

in the future (like in the hospital) safer?
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