FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

DISPILL MULTIDOSE SOFTWARE

MDR report key: 6092403 · Received November 8, 2016

Report

Report Number
MW5065954
Event Type
Other
Date Received
November 8, 2016
Report Date
July 25, 2016
Product Code
NXB
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS INVOLVES AN ERROR RELATED TO DISPILL MULTIDOSE SOFTWARE. THE PROGRAM KEEPS A MANUALLY ENTERED MEDICATION PROFILE FOR EACH PATIENT WHO RECEIVES THE DISPILL PACKAGE. WHEN TRYING TO PRINT A DISPILL CARD FOR ONE PATIENT, THEN PHARMACIST ERRONEOUSLY CHANGED THE NAME OF THE PATIENT, THOUGH THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR THE PATIENT. A DIFFERENT PATIENT'S PROFILE HAD BEEN LEFT UP ON THE SCREEN, WHICH ALLOWED THE PHARMACIST TO ALTER THE NAME. WE REACHED OUT TO DISPILL TO SEE IF THERE COULD BE AN AUTO-LOG OUT PUT IN PLACE, SO IF A PATIENT WAS LEFT UP FOR A PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF TIME, THE SYSTEM WOULD LOG OUT. WE WERE TOLD THAT DISPILL WOULD NOT DO THIS HOWEVER. WE DO HAVE OTHER CATCHES INTERNALLY IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE TYPES OF ERRORS DON'T OCCUR, HOWEVER THE PHARMACIST DID NOT FOLLOW THOSE POLICIES. MEDICATION NOT ADMINISTERED TO OR USED BY THE PATIENT. RELEVANT MATERIAL NOT PROVIDED. (B)(6).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
739167 DISPILL MULTIDOSE SOFTWARE DISPILL MULTIDOSE SOFTWARE NXB

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1