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A 32-year-old woman presents to her primary care physician’s office complaining of dysuria, urgency, and frequency. The physician quickly scribbles a prescription for antibiotics, and the patient takes it to the pharmacist, saying, “Darn urinary tract infection again.” A few hours later, the pharmacist contacts the physician’s office because she notices that the amount of antibiotics the physician prescribed is 10 times the usual dose given for urinary tract infection. The physician admits that she was distracted by having so many patients waiting to be seen and must have accidentally added an extra zero. What is the most appropriate next step for the physician?
(A) Ask the pharmacist to explain the error to the patient
(B) Call the patient, explain what happened, and apologize for the error
(C) Make a note to be more careful about double-checking prescriptions in the future
(D) Thank the pharmacist and return to seeing patients; she can tell the patient about the error next time she sees her because no harm was done
(E) Thank the pharmacist and return to seeing patients; the pharmacist will tell the patient about the error
A 32-year-old woman presents to her primary care physician’s office complaining of dysuria, urgency, and frequency. The physician quickly scribbles a prescription for antibiotics, and the patient takes it to the pharmacist, saying, “Darn urinary tract infection again.” A few hours later, the pharmacist contacts the physician’s office because she notices that the amount of antibiotics the physician prescribed is 10 times the usual dose given for urinary tract infection. The physician admits that she was distracted by having so many patients waiting to be seen and must have accidentally added an extra zero. What is the most appropriate next step for the physician?
(A) Ask the pharmacist to explain the error to the patient
(B) Call the patient, explain what happened, and apologize for the error
(C) Make a note to be more careful about double-checking prescriptions in the future
(D) Thank the pharmacist and return to seeing patients; she can tell the patient about the error next time she sees her because no harm was done
(E) Thank the pharmacist and return to seeing patients; the pharmacist will tell the patient about the error
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