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VA Healthcare - VISN 4 (VISN 4)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 25, 2011. Also cited in 239 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000058805, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 04 Lebanon, PA
Issue:
Pharmacy packaged prescriptions using the correct label information and the correct label on package. Warehouse staff had to ship by other means due to weight of package and processed another label , which was placed on top of original label, using the wrong veteran name and address. The veteran receiving the package returned it to the pharmacy. Update: 02/25/11:One patient will receive a letter of notification.
Outcome:
A letter notifying the Veteran of the privacy violation was mailed to him. The pharmacy staff were reminded of the importance of double checking their label information and the package labels.