Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Drive-Up Pharmacy Windows May Fuel Errors ...who'd have thunk it?

Found at Pharmacist E Link Source: United Press International Publication date: 2008-01-23 Drive-Up Pharmacy Windows May Fuel Errors


The study, published in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care, found responding pharmacists attributed about 80 percent of dispensing errors to cognitive problems that Szeinbach said could be associated with various disruptions that interfere with their work.


Golfers trying to put a tiny ball in a little hole get more respect than pharmacists, and they aren't even trying to save lives! Wake up people! Distractions are deadly.