tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post372761196966650724..comments2023-08-27T06:04:13.748-04:00Comments on Alice's Adventures Underground: Highly Qualified ProfessionalsNGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129806787655566395noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post-26179809328737962282008-10-20T06:58:00.000-04:002008-10-20T06:58:00.000-04:00@chefsara: One thing that Target does do that I ha...@chefsara: One thing that Target does do that I haven't seen at any other pharmacy, I think is a work of genius. They assign a different colored ring to each family member in your account. The ring goes around the neck of the prescription bottle once it's filled. The Dormouse's color is purple, mine is yellow, etc. <BR/><BR/>That way if there are identical looking bottles in the house, they can be more easily identified by the parents (however, I still say, don't assume anything: read the label). Even if you don't go to a Target pharmacy (and I obviously won't be going to this one again), it seems it would be really easy to employ that technique in your own house with colored key markers or something. One more safeguard in keeping medications straight among different members of your family, couldn't hurt.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, in our case, they put the correct color ring on the bottle (yellow for me) but the wrong name on the label. I just happened to see the mistake on the label before noticing there even <I>was</I> a color on the bottle.NGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129806787655566395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post-82190862584531449282008-10-19T21:45:00.000-04:002008-10-19T21:45:00.000-04:00My addendum to the make sure you double check the ...My addendum to the make sure you double check the pharmacy's work is to make sure you check the label on the bottle before giving it to your kid. We had a scare when some prescription cough medicine (which had codine in it) was in an identical bottle to some of my baby's medicine. We gave him the wrong one by accident. Fortunately, everything was fine and they amount he got was so minimal it didn't affect him at all, but after emergency calls to the pediatrician and poison control, there were two VERY worried parents!ChefSarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365291022787372989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post-31597015194864430602008-10-19T21:12:00.000-04:002008-10-19T21:12:00.000-04:00Ahh! So many reasons to put our trust, not to men...Ahh! So many reasons to put our trust, not to mention our lives in our health care system. Sorry you had such and ordeal.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11774994788872800499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post-34387921580477827042008-10-19T19:11:00.000-04:002008-10-19T19:11:00.000-04:00I remember when grandpa used to do woodwork he alw...I remember when grandpa used to do woodwork he always said, "measure twice, cut once." I guess the same principle applies to other industries as well... :)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023650756715607420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post-76351110474103061552008-10-19T15:48:00.000-04:002008-10-19T15:48:00.000-04:00(Of course, I forgot to add: never assume, and dou...(Of course, I forgot to add: never assume, and double-check other people's work before trusting that they did what they said or should have done... i.e. when it comes to fueling an aircraft, taking medication, etc.)vetsachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850807667525836494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post-89081777401823213102008-10-19T15:46:00.000-04:002008-10-19T15:46:00.000-04:00Ugh. I would be livid if/when that happens to me. ...Ugh. I would be livid if/when that happens to me. I don't care how sick I'd be, I'd march back down to those irresponsible twerps and let them have it... making sure they knew full well that mistake could have KILLED somebody. And of course I would report them too.<BR/><BR/>In aviation, whenever a pilot requests his/her aircraft to be fueled up by the FBO fuel truck (i.e. having someone else come fuel your aircraft for you), we are reminded time and again to never assume that the fuel truck guy filled your aircraft up as requested, or with the right fuel type, or that s/he replaced the fuel caps, etc.<BR/><BR/>But time and again, some pilots just assume that it was done correctly. They take off and end up having some kind of fuel exhaustion/fuel starvation emergency. And in the worst cases, people get killed.<BR/><BR/>Your situation is no different. That pharmacy could kill somebody with their inability to pay attention to detail.<BR/><BR/>You are correct in your advice: NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING!vetsachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850807667525836494noreply@blogger.com