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[keaalu]

I'd forgotten just the sort of utter mayhem you get on an emergency-admissions surgical ward, medicines-wise. *dies* I think I'd got lazy, on my Elderly care ward, since the consultants were great and I only ever had to order things, or else field the "eh, well that's non formulary, you can't have it - how about..." ones.

Good one this morning. Guy comes in for a laparotomy or something, brings with him his asthma inhalers. They're not written on his chart, so I go and look them up in his notes, so he can get them added on and we can make sure he's okay during his procedure (especially if he needs a GA or something) and what's this, the strength is wrong. Turns out he'd brought his GRANDSON'S in instead of his own because HIS had run out, and when I pointed out that he should be taking a HIGHER dose than he was currently taking, he agreed "oh that's why I felt so out of breath when I went to the shop this morning." GAH. *headdesk* I think the place would run SO much smoother without the patients. :P

And a year on... the robot is STILL playing sillybuggers. They're planning on getting a labelling module installed too, soon - the place is going to implode, we'll be going back to handwritten labels at this rate.

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[aegis-fox.livejournal.com]

At least you're helping people who apparently can't help themselves.

Or something like that. And yes, things would go easier when there's no actual variables (i.e. patients) involved. Now if only you could avoid dealing with them and still take their money...

Hm. So your Dispensary machine will now start shooting labels at people? Can't be half as bad as those Adcal tablets you've mentioned...

[keaalu.livejournal.com]

"Now if only you could avoid dealing with them and still take their money..."
This is the NHS. :P No money directly involved, it's all done via taxation. It's why it's so POOR. :P