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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 February 23, 2012. Also cited in 149 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000072050, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 15 Marion, IL
Issue:
Community Living Center (CLC) Resident A was discharged to his home on 02/17/12 and was accidentally given a medication bottle labeled with CLC Resident B's name. Pharmacy sent a staff member to Resident A's home to retrieve the medication. The label contained the full name of Resident B and the name of the medication. No other patient identifiers were released. Update: 02/23/12:Resident B will be sent a notification letter.NOTE: There were a total of 17 Mis-Handling incidents this reporting period. Because of repetition, the other 16 are not included in this report, but are included in the "Mis-Handling Incidents" count at the end of this report. In all incidents, Veterans will receive a notification letter and/or credit monitoring will be offered if appropriate.
Outcome:
Staff have been reminded, when discharging patients, to double-check items being released to ensure they are being released to the correct patient.