Hi guys
So this happened at my pharmacy, the technician gave a medication to a wrong patient (patietns have same last/first name) so the patient picked up both own and other's medication. We found out, and Pt took the medication (13 days), MD contacted and confirmed no harm was made to the patient and all the report/QA/Incident report were done; but now the patient wont give back the wrong med and hints that want a monentary compensation or lawsuit. Oh it is a chain pharmacy in CA, and the DM wants to report to the BOP if patient still does not return the med, and my question is, is the pharmacist who verified the RX liable for this eventhough Rph did everythign right but the tech messed it up?
thank for all your input
So this happened at my pharmacy, the technician gave a medication to a wrong patient (patietns have same last/first name) so the patient picked up both own and other's medication. We found out, and Pt took the medication (13 days), MD contacted and confirmed no harm was made to the patient and all the report/QA/Incident report were done; but now the patient wont give back the wrong med and hints that want a monentary compensation or lawsuit. Oh it is a chain pharmacy in CA, and the DM wants to report to the BOP if patient still does not return the med, and my question is, is the pharmacist who verified the RX liable for this eventhough Rph did everythign right but the tech messed it up?
thank for all your input