Question

1. Create an incident for an exposure that is related to PharmacyTechnician. You will be responsible for filling out a detailed incident report.

2. The name of the facility will be UC University Hospital. You will create the name of the victim and staff members involved.

3. Examples of Exposures:

a. Needle stick

b. Chemical spill

c. Radiation exposure

4. Please give a detailed description of your incident. (Don't forget to add the witnesses)

Answer 1

The incident is any unusual event which can pose threat to the health of human life. The pharmacy related incident includes the chemicals exposure , chemical burns chemical inhalations.The persons related to the pharmacy work like drug manufacturing are at risk to these incidents , for example the common incident is that person is working with mixing compounds to yield a final product in a test tube and suddenly it fell on his skin and cause burn to person. The individuals working with chemicals should always wear the safety precautions . The technicians are also at risk of incidents as they are working with the radiology, radiation therapy departments they are at more risk as these radiations can cause internal damage by forming free radicals which are very harmful for the body cells. For example person working in cancer department treated the pt with the radiations and the person unintentionally exposed himself to radiations as these are not visible and the persons are at riks of infertility as well . Incident report is written as early as incident occurs along with date and sign of person writing the incident.