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VA Heart of Texas Health Care Network (VISN 17)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on May 2, 2011. Also cited in 122 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000061867, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 17 Harlingen, TX
Issue:
Veteran B picked up medication at clinic window and it also contained medication for Veteran A. When Veteran A went to clinic to pick up medications, the incident was discovered. Veteran B was notified by phone message and returned medication within 30 minutes of receiving telephonic message. Update: 05/03/11:Veteran A will receive a letter of notification.
Outcome:
Pharmacist and Pharmacy technician were verbally counseled by Pharmacy supervisor on the importance of dispensing the correct medications to the correct patient. Pharmacy personnel responsible for window dispensing will check all medications against paperwork prior to dispensing to ensure correct medications are dispensed to the correct patient. Both employees were instructed to retake privacy and information security training. Privacy notification letter was signed by the Director on 5/4/10 and sent to veteran,