Medicine error results in hospitalisation of vulnerable child

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Medicine error results in hospitalisation of vulnerable child

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Pharmacy Today

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A pharmacist mistakenly dispensed valaciclovir instead of vigabatrin and multiple Northland DHB staff didn’t pick up the error when the patient was hospitalised
The health and disability commissioner has rebuked a pharmacist, a pharmacy and the Northland DHB for a series of failures that resulted in a young bo