Deadly pharmacy errors mount as companies push quotas, limit staff: ‘I am a danger to the public’

  • 📰 nypost
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 31 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 16%
  • Publisher: 67%

Malaysia News News

Malaysia Malaysia Latest News,Malaysia Malaysia Headlines

Despite making millions of pharmacy errors each year, retail giants like CVS and Walgreens insist these mistakes are rare.

“Patient safety is our highest priority,” CVS said in a statement to the LA Times. “When we learn of a prescription error, the first priority of our pharmacy teams is caring for the patient, taking steps to correct the error, working with the patient and the prescriber.”

“When errors do occur, we also have a robust mandatory reporting system in place that allows us to quickly identify root causes and to implement process improvements to prevent future errors.”The consumers who bear the brunt of the retail pharmacies’ mistakes also give up some legal rights to contest those errors. Patients must agree to arbitration when asked to click a box to accept the company’s terms and conditions.

The coalition believes pharmacy staffing requirements are too strict and it does not want the pharmacy board to have access to the error reports.Consumer Reports advises

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 91. in MY

Malaysia Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Malaysia Headlines