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VA Southeast Network (VISN 7)

VISN 07 Charleston, SC

Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on August 24, 2012. Also cited in 225 other reports.


Report ID: SPE000000079541, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Reported Entity: VISN 07 Charleston, SC

Issue:

A Pharmacy Technician sent a package containing a controlled substance via UPS to a Veteran. The package was sent to an old address that had not been deleted from the UPS address book. The mail room has placed a "Return Call" tag in an attempt to get the prescription returned to sender, the VAMC. Update: 08/24/12:Veteran A will receive a notification letter.

Outcome:

Pharmacy supervisor is in the process of trying to obtain ScriptPro contract which would have our Veteran's address download to UPS shipping label. The address is erased after label is printed. This would prevent wrong meds going to wrong location. For the present, regarding this incident, the old address has been removed from the UPS address book and employee cautioned to verify address at least twice before mailing medications out.

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