It is unfortunate that while I have just included in the orientation of interns the BFAD Advisory No. 00-04 "Warning against dispensing expired drugs," an intern reported to me an incident that happened in one of our dispensing outlets whereby a donated drug that was already expired was dispensed to a doctor who said "pwede pa yan" to the pharmacist.
I was able to talk to the senior pharmacist of the area who confirmed the incident and told her I will send a copy of the advisory and news report of similar incident from another hospital* and requested that she retrieve the drug as soon as possible.
I also reported the incident to the supervisor who made follow up for the retrieval of the drug. Luckily, the drug was retrieved and not administered to a patient.
This incident happened despite existing procedure on monitoring expiring drugs in our dispensing outlets.
I was able to talk to the senior pharmacist of the area who confirmed the incident and told her I will send a copy of the advisory and news report of similar incident from another hospital* and requested that she retrieve the drug as soon as possible.
I also reported the incident to the supervisor who made follow up for the retrieval of the drug. Luckily, the drug was retrieved and not administered to a patient.
This incident happened despite existing procedure on monitoring expiring drugs in our dispensing outlets.
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