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VA Heartland Network (VISN 15)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 12, 2011. Also cited in 149 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000060847, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 15 St Louis, MO
Issue:
The facility pharmacy mailed Veteran A's medications to the wrong Veteran (Veteran B). Update: 04/12/11:Veteran A will be sent a notification letter.
Outcome:
Pharmacy reviewed the risks in assigning multuple duties to stamm. Verbal counseling and retraining in procedure provided to employee responsible. All staff were briefed of the incident.