Manuphacturing Phail

One morning at a pharmacy I was working at, a customer came in to get something to relieve colic in her infant and Donnalix was something she had been recommended. When I grabbed it off the shelf I noticed a spelling mistake in their packaging. See if you can find it...

You get a theta for your labelling!


Did you find it?

If you didn't see it, and if you aren't in the health industry I don't expect you to, the mistake was Atropine spelt Atrorine! If I did that in a pharmaceutical lab I'd get an immediate theta. Theta is a fancy way of drawing a '0' on your lab report because you failed miserably!

This error is the real reason Donnalix Infant was taken off the market, not because parents were accidentally overdosing their children!
***UPDATE*** 16/06/2010 - According to the Wyeth website here, Donnalix Infant was not taken off the market. Must have just been discussions in the industry coinciding with the Pharmacy I worked in at the time removing the product from their shelves by choice. Also notice I have embedded links to the Wyeth consumer website in this story regarding Donnalix. ***END UPDATE***

Needless to say, I recommended the woman not take the Donnalix for her infant. I don't particularly like those kinds of products and most products for colic aren't effective anyway.

Philling the Phorm

A woman comes in to submit some forms through our pharmacy one night and she is required to show her ID, a driver's licence. She is unsure how to fill out the form so she asks my help. I check if she's filled out the form correctly and the spelling of everything on the form. While I complete this task, she mentions she's dyslexic, so there will most likely be at least one word incorrect.

While comparing the names on her licence, I do in fact come across one mistake - her middle name. I wont use her real name, lets just call her by her middle name and her middle name is Sonia. Sonia has spelt her middle name correctly on the form, in fact, everything on the form is correct. However, on her driver's licence, Sonia has been spelt, Snonia!

I'll spell it out for all those who didn't notice the difference:

S - N - O - N - I - A

I double check with her that her middle name isn't in reality, Snonia and show her the driver's licence. She's says, "No, it is Sonia. I can't believe I've never noticed it spelt Snonia on my licence! I've had that for years!"

Bwahahahahahah!

I'm very sorry to all dyslexic people out there, but you have to find that a little funny!