[GingerSue]

My ICN material about patient safety describes common threats to patient safety which include: medication errors, hospital acquired infections, exposure to high doses of radiation, and use of counterfeit medicines

What is the situation re: counterfeit medicines and how common is this?

[MIA-RN1]

Originally Posted by GingerSue

My ICN material about patient safety describes common threats to patient safety which include: medication errors, hospital acquired infections, exposure to high doses of radiation, and use of counterfeit medicines

What is the situation re: counterfeit medicines and how common is this?

Maybe they mean something about people buying them off the internet and the meds not being what they say they are? Not sure.

[GingerSue]

it's about errors that occur in hospital