Funny, but also not. Just Googled because I couldn’t remember:
“According to the Institute of Medicine, physician’s illegible notes lead to approximately 7,000 deaths annually.”
Seems unreal. Even if it was half that…that’s a lot of people. If I was getting prescribed drugs, I want it LEGIBLE. Typed up would be great. I just don’t trust that shit, and neither should any of you.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Decided to test a former pharm tech.
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brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
The runes… decoded
Thanks for sending and sharing, that’s incredible to the point it’s hard to believe
nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
how
mediOchre@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
i guess the p and l are the important bits and the rest can just be inferred, since paracetamol is very commonly used and they’d get tired writing it in detail every time. other more specialized drugs with p___l (or close to it) as its name would have more squiggles i assume.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
It’s a super common prescription and most doctors probably couldn’t spell it offhand. Combined with dosing info it would be more obvious. Also if they do happen to be wrong it’s unlikely to actually cause harm with acetaminophen/paracetamol.
Damage@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Statistics, I think
Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Image Omg it actually works