The care home that my father is living in provides the absolute best care, they made an error in giving medication last night, but as of now there have been no ill effects other than sleeping thru the night for a change. they gave him someone elses Blood pressure Med, along with a low dose sleeping pill and colace. They have been very proactive in their approach, hourly BP checks and monitoring. I am very glad that they told me, as this type of thing could easily be hidden. The person responsible has been counseled by her supervisor and administrator, and is truly heartbroken. When I talked to her, she appeared truly sorry, and explained what happened, and told me that she has never done this before. As I said there seem to be no ill effects to this point, what now? Do I chalk it up to human error? Do I report it to someone other than those who already know. Or ????
Unfortunately, medication errors are not that uncommon and while there are numerous safeguards in place to prevent them in facilities they still happen because humans make mistakes.
Carol
Thanks for your comment, it let me know that I am doing the right thing.
If you do want to take more action, you can contact your ombudsman for the home. That is your choice.
Take care,
Carol