Pharmacy Mistakes: Overworked Pharmacists?

Posted on February 19, 2008 by David Austin

Month's earlier the pharmacist had asked for more staff.  Why?  To "decrease the pharmacist's stress"

When Tabitha Jones picked up her stepson's medicine at a Walgreens store near Nashville in 2004, she had no way to know the pharmacy was so busy that its manager had asked for more staffing months earlier to "decrease the pharmacist's stress."

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A USA TODAY investigation found evidence that corporate policies — such as allowing or encouraging pharmacists to fill hundreds of prescriptions daily and rewarding fast work — can contribute to errors like the one that befell Trey Jones.

Source:  USA Today:  Pharmacy Errors

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