Pete Chandler: Midland Community Pharmacy CEO addresses the audit revealing thousands of prescription mistakes
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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Following the death of a two-year old baby in Manawatū earlier this year Midland Community Pharmacy Group chief executive Pete Chandler co-ordinated an audit.
The audit found 1,200 prescription mistakes in one week- 26% of the mistakes posing 'high risk of harm' to patients.
Chandler told Heather du Plessis-Allan that the days of doctors' handwriting causing issues are over, but electronic systems have introduced a whole new range of problems.
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