Did this look right?!
I dont very often make a critical comment about my technicians. They are a valuable asset to me and I appreciate them. but today…
Right out of the chute monday morning were 2 prescriptions brought in by a man. My technician took the information and filled the two prescriptions and set them before me to check. The man was accompanied by a woman who I presumed to be the patient because she was walking gingerly, as if her back hurt. The first rx was for 25 Vicodin ES and the second was for Diazepam 2mg….# 250. It was a computer generated rx so no “tampering” had been done. As I said, the technician filled them and sat them before me. I checked off the Vicodin ES and got to the Diazepam. I looked at the finished product and said “Holy cow, do you REALLY think the doctor meant for this patient to get 250 Valium? Come on!”
A quick call to the Dr verified that a key stroke error on the computer generated rx turned 25 into 250. “My bad, thanks for catching that” the nurse said.
The tech filled this without so much as batting an eye or questioning the quantity.
That’s what I am here for….as a pharmacist.
I don’t think it takes a pharmacy degree to have a little bit of common sense. So why did it seem sensical to fill a prescription for 250 valium with its companion 25 Vicodin?
I just don’t have an answer for that one….and neither did my tech.
sigh.