Staffing shortage contributes to medicine dispensing error

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Staffing shortage contributes to medicine dispensing error

Jonathan
Chilton-Towle
Vanessa Caldwell with error exclamation sign behind her
Deputy health and disability commissioner Vanessa Caldwell has found a pharmacist breached a patient’s rights by dispensing the wrong inflammatory bowel medication [Image: Supplied]
ESSENTIALS In 2202, a pharmacist accidentally dispensed Salazopyrin instead of Pentasa for a patient’s gastrointestinal issues. , BACK panel - grey