More Pharmacists in ERs to Cut Errors in Medication

Article: Often, when you get prescription medication from a doctor, there is something wrong with the medication--the wrong dosage amount, the wrong drug even. This leads to over 7000 deaths a year in the U.S. It could be the result of bad doctor handwriting, name mix ups, etc. Now, hospitals are trying to avoid this problem by having pharmacies directly in the hospital. When you are in the hospital and the doctor assigns medicine, the doctor send the prescription to the hospital pharmacy, who will do an extra careful job to make sure it is correct for that patient. They look at the patient, the quantity of the drugs, allergies, other drugs the patient is taking, and do extra review of children's medication. Not all hospitals have this because it costs money to have full time pharmacists on staff, 24 hours a day. 

Kids: how can this help reduce mix ups and even deaths? If a pharmacist fills out a prescription and doesn't check carefully what other medicines that patient is taking, how could this lead to a big problem?