Popular Prescription error we see and the need to always have the pharmacist to checkmate

Pharmacy Struggles 

Miebi shrugged, struggled to adjust her body on the bed, with the nozzle of oxygen just above the indent of her mouth, she had been supine for what had seemed to be 'hundreds of hours'. The mother tried to pull her in a manner as to adjusting the nozzle, making a tilt on the pillow whilst trying to regain her own balance. It was as though she needed an eleventh hour miracle This isn't what any mother will want for a two year old kid. 15ml of chlorpheniramine had been administered to her daughter. She would not know whose fault it had been, the prescriber, dispenser, or possibly, herself.
In retrospect,  she had taken the health condition of her daughter a little lightly until she discovered in her own accord that the cough persistently progressed as the days climbed. She wouldn't let it escalate to  a point where the chest issues became too bothersome, or the expenses for her treatment too cumbersome.
Summoning the strength, she strolled downtown alongside an amply delightful child until they arrived at the hospital a few kilometers away from their miniature tenement. After one tiresome hour of waiting, their session with the health practitioner only lasted just a few minutes where he examined the daughter and scribbled on a paper-piece write-ups she could barely understand. However, with an utter awareness that the pharmacist will interpret the unknown mystery and profer a solution in drugs to her daughter, she hovered along . she wasn't wrong after all, the drug solution was administered, or at least thought to have been. But after that, did her miebi regain proper homeostasis?
A mother shares her pain concerning the bitter plight she had encountered in scathe of prescription error.
In our minds eye, we are able to envision this scathel and most likely relay it to the ongoing epidemic of medication error.
A definition states that, a clinically meaningful prescribing  error occurs when there is an unintentionally significant reduction in the probability of treatment being timely and effective, or an  increase in the risk of harm when compared with generally accepted  practice.
Prescription errors alongside prescribing faults have long possed an unhealthy challenge to humans, pulsating over the years a darning  to the health care practice. who knows, one may have been administered a wrong drug that suits his state of health better. however these chances are ultimately low.
It is alarming how the statistics build up by the day, consistently throwing men into health chaos which are most likely debilitating in their outcomes. Rather than declining, statistics connotes that 70% of medication errors today, emanate from prescription errors and prescribing fault with humans almost always the identifiable cause. showing proems from error in writing, inaccuracy in writing, poor or illegible writings, use of abbreviations inability to interpret codes, confusion about brand similarities amongst many others, we could deduce that these errors may have originated from the prescriber, the dispenser or even the patient, or on the other end,  originating from the fallacy of the mind that continually brews men to assuming the knowledge extremities of another. Thus, the dispenser is obligated with the duty of ensuring that prescriptions tally with the health condition of the patient by making proper analysis and accessing patients records
We are therefore emancipated with the challenge on how to curb this flinch in the health care system and most certainly eliminate them by retrenching the fire of prescription menace globally,before it shreds it down. We place high value on lives.

• Note that this post is in no way saying doctors are incompetent, we have background checks in all systems, and the healthcare system is no different.

Now you know, if you are on any medication, consult your pharmacist. Thanks

Credits:
Diana Wilson
300level pharmacy student
Niger Delta University (NDU)