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VA Mail Order Pharmacy, Tucson, AZ (CMOP)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on January 20, 2011. Also cited in 15 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000057306, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VHA CMOP Tucson, AZ
Issue:
Patient A received a prescription intended for Patient B. Patient Bs name and type of medication was compromised. Patient A reported the incident to the medical center and a replacement has been issued for Patient B. Tucson Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) investigation concludes that this was a CMOP packing error. The CMOP packer was released from duty by the contracting company due to multiple errors. The process for packing prescriptions at multiple stations is under review and will be revised in an effort to prevent future errors of this nature. Update: 01/04/11:Patient B will receive a notification letter.NOTE: There were a total of 6 Mis-Mailed CMOP incidents out of 5,765,231 total packages (8,521.975 total prescriptions) mailed out for this reporting period. Because of repetition, the other 5 are not included in this report, but are included in the "Mis-Mailed CMOP Incidents" count at the end of this report. In all incidents, Veterans will receive a notification letter.
Outcome:
The process for packing prescriptions at multiple stations is under review and will be revised in an effort to prevent future errors of this nature.