Summary
This article describes the case studies of a 65-year-old woman with a history of acute myeloid lymphoma called her oncology physician's office with symptoms of chemotherapy-induced nausea and a 66-year-old woman was prescribed estradiol vaginal tablets for post-menopausal symptoms.
Cynthia Li and Katrina Marquez discuss how both patient cases resulted from human error by pharmacy staff and how although most medication errors can be directly attributed to human error, human error is often a result of poor system design and recommend 'The 8 R's' approach to reduce the risk for errors includes development of safeguards at every level of the medication use process.
Medication errors in retail pharmacies: Wrong patient, wrong instructions
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-errors-retail-pharmacies-wrong-patient-wrong-instructions
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