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Medical Forum / General / Pharmacy / May 2004Errors will end in pharmacy!
The last paragraph in an article on the new regulations mandating bar codes on unit dose packages included the following statement in the final paragraph: "...After the introduction of bar coding, VA medical centers reported dispensing 5.7 million doses of medication without a single medication error..." (Dan Hurley. Pharmacy Practice News. April 2004 page 26.) Hmm. I guess it depends how you define "error." I haven't read the article but that statement is suspect. Nearly 6 million doses with no errors? IV and PO? By anyone, anywhere along the line? I don't buy it. cjrph > The last paragraph in an article on the new regulations mandating bar > codes on unit dose packages included the following statement in the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Hmm. I guess it depends how you define "error." > I haven't read the article but that statement is suspect. Nearly 6 million > doses with no errors? IV and PO? By anyone, anywhere along the line? I > don't buy it. > cjrph The VA would never lie about such things. Just the thought of someone insinuating that the VA does not possess integrity of the highest caliber makes me want to wretch. Oh, wait... http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40B11F73E5F0C708DDDAD0894DB404482 <link to different article--sorry, requires registration--abstract below> Nevermind. ABSTRACT - Department of Veterans Affairs orders nationwide review of medical research at 115 veterans' hospitals and halts some studies after investigators find serious violations of federal rules, including falsification of data and failure to tell patients about risks of experimental treatments; investigation finds that huge overdose of drug dexamethasone, steroid intended to combat side effects of chemotherapy, led to death of Cyril V Krcmarik, who had prostate cancer, in clinical trial at veterans' hospital in Detroit; research is one of department's principal missions, and ethics committees are supposed to monitor each study to protect patients; photo (M) |
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