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In the nursing home where I'm employed, med errors are a very common occurrence. Typically, it is because the OTC med (ferrous sulfate, niacin, etc.) is unavailable. Also, nursing homes do not have in-house pharmacies, and are at the mercy of inefficient offsite pharmacies.
so the ltc facility orders these meds in a timely manner?
and it's just the pharmacies that are late?
leslie
CaLLaCoDe, BSN, RN
1,174 Posts
How many times in your career have you made a med error and not reported it?