Inadequate checking leads to junior pharmacist’s dispensing error: HDC

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Inadequate checking leads to junior pharmacist’s dispensing error: HDC

Jonathan
Chilton-Towle
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The error occurred in May 2022, when the pharmacist was dispensing a female patient’s prescription from a fertility specialist for Provera and clomiphene
Key Points, A junior pharmacist misread a prescription from a fertility specialist for clomiphene and instead dispensed the antidepressant clomipramine, leading t, BACK panel - grey