Military Pharmacy "Mix-Up"

2014-04-30T07:33:21-04:00

It appears that a satellite pharmacy at Wright Patterson AFB could have been dispensing incorrect prescription medications for nearly a week as a result of 'technical difficulties'. The have posted a message on the WPAFB web site and have alerted local news outlets in the area, along with attempting to directly notify those involved.
I guess I'm just not sure what 'technical difficulty' could have caused the dispensing of incorrect medications for a period of nearly a week. Anyone out there have any insight as to what could have caused this? Needless to say, it has the potential to be a very dangerous situation. Your thoughts?

http://wdtn.com/2014/04/29/wpafb-warns-of-possible-medication-mixup-at-pharmacy/

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123409043

Technical glitch caused WPAFB pharmacy med mix-up

Wright Patterson Air Force Base issued a warning Tuesday about a possible prescription medication mixup.

Response by LTC Jason Strickland made Apr 30 at 2014 7:37 AM

2014-04-30T07:37:37-04:00

Wade, this is disturbing! I thought in most pharmacies the pharmacists double-checked each prescription so that the machines weren't doing precisely what happened at WPAFB. One or two messed up prescriptions, I can understand. But for this to go on for a week means somebody needs to be fired.