the working space was cramped..
the person next to me was asking me questions every 2 minutes while i was checking..
(now i know how
the medication was all in brand names..
all of a sudden, it didn't register in my mind that Daonil was Glibenclamide.
i should have known, that the earlier cross-checking is not sth to count on. well, if in everyone's mind is the thought that, 'oh well, if this isn't correct then the other person will pick it up'. outcome? mistakes just slip out like that.
and once the patient gets the wrong medication.. they run away and you can never catch them back.
i was like SOOOOOOOOO dead.....
i can't believe it, but i had given that thingy out against my gut feeling to ask coz i was afraid i would be bothersome.
so well...
patient come back~~~~~~~
anyways, wishing for the patient to come back would be useless. i can't even remember who i dispensed to.. i could only hope that the patient wouldn't become hypo after taking gliclazide instead of glibenclamide. in fact, i was praying hard that somehow everything would be fine.
all throught lunch, daonil kept playing, rewinding and repeating in my mind..
oh noesssss....
after lunch i resumed as usual. someone asked me to screen for a while. everything went on as usual.. then suddenly.. this nurse appeared with THAT Rx!! asking me whether Daonil was correct or not. i could have kissed her if i could reach her.
really... Thank God!
number 1, the patient didn't have to eat gliclazide for one month. even though they are from the same group, no one can guarantee whether anything can happen.
number 2, if she really was warded coz of our mistake, we would have been in deep shit.
number 3, the nurse didn't go and complain to the doctor, or we would have been in deep shit too
number 4, i was the one screening..
really really thank God...
now, i will forever remember that Daonil is glibenclamide...
and i will check and double check, make sure i'm comfortable in my space, and Ask... if i'm not sure..
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