Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[Hayden Goseek]

CVS refused to fill my ivermectin. Funny how they think they are God.

I have been fighting with pharmacy for 23 years in the hospitals. The bulletproof glass is to protect them from Nurses.
IMHO their job was becoming irrelevent through technology so they were made the overseers of the MD's and Nurses. They change orders and mix meds and count out pills etc. Sorry about the rant.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I have been fighting with phirmacy for 23 years in the hospitals. The bulletproof glass is to protect them from Nurses.
IMHO their job was becoming irrelevent through technology so they were made the overseers of the MD's and Nurses. They change orders and mix meds and count out pills etc. Sorry about the rant.

That's why I liked Meijer pharmacy. They print exactly what your pill is supposed to look like on the label. At CVS she just handed me my meds without even asking if I had questions. She asked one question: do you have allergies? I replied yes codeine. She then turned and looked at the pharm tech and asked if it has codeine in it. Really lady? It's a freaking inhaler.

 

[BDutch]

We have too many rules and regulations in the Netherlands. But there is one good thing about it too: Mixups with patients are rare because every patient is registered by birthname and date of birth. Every medic in the Netherlands always asks for you’re date of birth to check.

 

[Hayden Goseek]

We have too many rules and regulations in the Netherlands. But there is one good thing about it too: Mixups with patients are rare because every patient is registered by birthname and date of birth. Every medic in the Netherlands always asks for you’re date of birth to check.

That's a great idea. We do that here also.
When going into a procedure / surgery we do a "time out". Every one is to Stop, go over names, procedures, consents etc...
I was at one when the surgeon said "This is stupid, we all know were cutting the left leg." The patient looked up and said "It's the right leg doctor!"

 

[Hayden Goseek]

I was at one when the surgeon said "This is stupid, we all know were cutting the left leg." The patient looked up and said "It's the right leg doctor!"

To be clear, that was the exception. It is a successful system because it makes you STOP and focus during a heatic process.
Another thing is that Anyone, surgeon to assistant scrub tech can STOP a procedure if, for example they think a sterile field has been contaminated.
In one OR the manager had a sign that said "Don't worry about time outs. Personal injury lawyers have to eat too."

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

That's a great idea. We do that here also.
When going into a procedure / surgery we do a "time out". Every one is to Stop, go over names, procedures, consents etc...
I was at one when the surgeon said "This is stupid, we all know were cutting the left leg." The patient looked up and said "It's the right leg doctor!"

If that happened to me I'd be using a sharpie on myself Everytime I had surgery. Write on one leg do not cut and the other cut ok

 

[theoldchick]

When I had surgery, the surgeon marked the spot with a sharpie and verified it with me.

 

[h2oratt]

We have too many rules and regulations in the Netherlands. But there is one good thing about it too: Mixups with patients are rare because every patient is registered by birthname and date of birth. Every medic in the Netherlands always asks for you’re date of birth to check.

Same here but they can still screw things up.

 

[h2oratt]

When I drew blood we could be fired if we prelabeled tubes before we drew the blood. Guess it used to be common at one time.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

When I drew blood we could be fired if we prelabeled tubes before we drew the blood. Guess it used to be common at one time.

Interesting. I feel like every blood test I've ever taken the tube already had a sticker on it. I always wondered if they get samples mixed up from time to time