"1. Read:Discussion Background

As reviewed in your earlier coursework, prescribers include physicians, dentists, physician assistants (PA), and nurse practitioners (in some states). However, medical professionals who process prescriptions and prepare medications are just as responsible for patient safety as prescribers. Read the following scenario to help you answer the Step 2 and Step 3 prompts.

Imagine you are working at the prescription drop-off counter at a retail pharmacy. A patient, Mr. McCarthy, comes in with a new prescription for glaucoma medicine. He has been taking the same medicine for the past 12 months and hands you a new prescription. You enter the prescription interpreting the sig codes for two drops in both eyes. However, you notice that the old prescription was transcribed and filled for only the right eye.

2. Initial Post:Create a new thread and answer all three parts of the initial prompt below

1. After discovering that the patient's original prescription was interpreted incorrectly, explain what you would do next.
2. Describe one quality assurance measure that could have prevented the initial error.
3. Explain how this prescription processing error affects patient safety."