Pharmacist gets 6 months in prison for med error

The nurse is ONLY responsible for checking what the bag is LABELED WITH and the ORIGINAL ORDER and then checking to see if it matches the patient...he/she is not responsible for the contents of the bag.

Pharmacy is also responsible for double checking the order...pharmacy is looking for different things...they only look to see if the medication is safe...they have no idea if it's for the right patient unless you work in a facility that requires the physicians med order to be faxed or scanned down to the pharmacy on the original order sheet.

Pharmacy prints the label.

Pharmacy mixes the solution.

If the solution comes up with the label consistent with the original order...there is NO WAY that a nurse can know what is inside of it.

The nurse is NOT responsible in those instances.

What happens when people are jailed for someone else's mistake?
people who are smart will quit practicing

UHHHH- that just leaves the un-smart to take care of us