Due to a medication error, a patient experienced a severe anaphylactic reaction and went into shock. she received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) and was hospitalized. although the patient’s allergy to morphine was listed in her patient profile, she had been given a new prescription for a medication containing morphine, which was filled at the pharmacy. there is a note in the pharmacy database about morphine, but it does not clearly identify an allergy.
Create a new thread and answer all three parts of the initial prompt below explain the process the pharmacy technician should have followed to avoid this error. describe the precautions that should have taken been by the pharmacy technician that filled the prescription. explain what you would do if you were one of the pharmacy technicians that processed this prescription and noticed the note about the morphine.