Re: Ever pull the wrong med from the right cubie in the Pyxis?
Yes.
The worst was finding 14 Vicoden in the drawer for Tylenol suppositories.
I notified pharmacy, wrote my manager, and filled out a report for the medication committee.
The next night it was still the same.
A pharmacy tech came to the unit and said, "All fixed."
But he had put suppositories in and left the Vicodin.
Three weeks later it was STILL the same. I filled out an incident report and sent it directly to the hospital attorney, wrote the Pharmacy Director, VP of nursing, and the CEO.
The next Monday night the Vicodin was still in that drawer!
I wrote a letter to the same people signed by all the RNs on our unit that WE would report this to the DHS if it was not fixed.
Tuesday night the Vicodin was gone and I had a "thank you" from the CEO in my mail slot.
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