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  1. 2nd, April 2009, 08:09 PM #1
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    hey guys, only a student but learnt a huge lesson today dont sit there holding label in ure hand, attach it to the bottle! Had an dispensing exam forgot to attach label to amoxicillin bottle . how can a person forgot the simplest of things! ..am feeling , i realised the minute the examiner turned away from me!
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  2. 2nd, April 2009, 08:29 PM #2
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    Re: Should i give 250 ml or 500ml Gaviscon bottle

    How do you forget to label something ? It seems as though you never had a proper SOP to follow through your scripts, i.e identify script, legal/clinical checks, prepare label, get stock out, check stock, check label matches script, STICK LABEL ON, final check, etc,etc.
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    Re: always add labels to medications

    I guess you were feeling very nervous?
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    Re: always add labels to medications

    Quote Originally Posted by LIMA09 View Post
    hey guys, only a student but learnt a huge lesson today dont sit there holding label in ure hand, attach it to the bottle! Had an dispensing exam forgot to attach label to amoxicillin bottle . how can a person forgot the simplest of things!
    Excellent point..just goes to show how easily we can make a daft mistake, and never quite understand why we did it! You have just proved how important the dispensing exams are.

    Most importantly...I bet you'll never do it again.

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    Re: Should i give 250 ml or 500ml Gaviscon bottle

    It's easily done Nik..especially at chaotic times when SOPs would not be the first thing on your mind. A friend of mine once 'dispensed' his bottle of Tippex by mistake in a similar dispensing frenzy..luckily, however, he didn't label it!

    The moral here is to 'learn from your mistake', and fair play to LIMA09 for admitting it.

    Please don't forget this is the 'Newbie Questions!' section...

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  6. 3rd, April 2009, 08:17 AM #6
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    Re: Should i give 250 ml or 500ml Gaviscon bottle

    In a factory. an empty pot of what was being labelled was used for glue. Naturally it got labelled and sent out to return as a complaint months later.
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    Re: Should i give 250 ml or 500ml Gaviscon bottle

    Fair enough Fleeg I may have been a bit harsh in my post. Hopefully there was no offence taken.
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  8. 3rd, April 2009, 07:27 PM #8
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    Re: always add labels to medications

    yes was very nervous !!! but definently learnt from it, simplest errors can be made by anyone !
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  9. 3rd, April 2009, 07:30 PM #9
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    Re: always add labels to medications

    yes the dispensing exams are soooooooo important never take them for granted ! hmm nikolia to be honest i have never been taught about double checking labels against script ect, seems common sense to , will definently take ure advice.. "we live and we learn".
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  10. 3rd, April 2009, 08:07 PM #10
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    Re: always add labels to medications

    Rule is read label against script, then against item. Ie prednisolone not propranolol.

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