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Dangerous Drug Errors

Tryan Hartill February 24, 2008
Errors Can be Dangerous

Pharmacy chains say they’ve spent billions of dollars on safety technology and other improvements that have cut their prescription-error rates to a fraction of 1%. As aging baby boomers and other Americans increasingly rely on prescription drugs, an Auburn University pharmacy study in 2003 projected the odds of getting a prescription with a serious, health-threatening error at about 1 in 1,000. That could amount to 3.7 million such errors a year, based on 2006 national prescription volume.




Some common factors emerged where errors occurred:

- Too many prescriptions, too few pharmacists.

- An emphasis on speed.

- A reliance on technicians.

- Pharmacist incentive awards.

- Counseling gaps.

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