The scary part of it is that the majority of medication errors probably go unnoticed, by both the nurses administering the medication or the patient receiving it.
As fast as we have to move these days, it is difficult to catch everything when so much of it doesn't have to deal with us personally.
The physician orders the wrong medicine (but at the right dose), the pharmacy sends up the wrong medication (labelled as the right drug ordered), etc.
Makes it downright scary to be a patient these days.
Andrew Lopez, RN
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