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California is the first state to require pharmacists to report every prescription mistake. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1286, the Stop Dangerous Pharmacies Act, on Oct. 8.
Some Walgreens pharmacy staff walked off the job this week over concerns that working conditions are putting employees and patients at risk. Organizers on Tuesday estimated that more than 300 Walgreens locations — out of nearly 9,000 nationwide — were affected by walkouts planned for Monday through Wednesday. A Walgreens pharmacy manager who helped organize the walkouts told The Associated Press that teams were short-staffed and overworked, especially with the additional demands from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The walkout follows a similar effort by CVS pharmacists last month in Kansas City. Pharmacists from both chains cite unsafe working conditions.
State regulators faulted two hospitals in Southern California for medication errors that put patients at risk, including one who suffered a brain bleed after receiving repeated doses of blood thinner.
Two California hospitals received immediate jeopardy warnings from CMS due to medication errors that caused patient deaths.