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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on January 19, 2011. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000057253, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Fayetteville, AR
Issue:
Veteran A signed for his medication but did not pick up his Bag. He returned to the pickup window stating that he forgothis medications, but his bag was gone.We noticed that veteran B was the next person to sign for his medications. We called him and he saw that he picked up 2 bags but did not notice one bag belonged to veteran A. Veteran B was told he Could return or destroy Veteran a medication by the Pharmacy tech Update: 01/20/11:Veteran A will receive a notification letter.
Outcome:
Employee cautioned to check box before placing more medication there.Privacy notification letter sent to veteran