Ohio Creates “Emily’s Law”
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Two-year-old Emily Jerry recently died because a hospital pharmacist gave her the wrong medication. The pharmacist had mixed her chemotherapy drugs with a saline solution with a salt content 26 times higher than it should have been. The parents of the young girl began a crusade to reform the Ohio laws regarding the credentials of pharmacy technicians.
Ohio did not have any existing regulations, but now is one of the strictest states in the country. Pharmacy technicians must now have at least a high school diploma or its equivalent, submit to a criminal background check and pass a pharmacy proficiency exam. They must also wear tags to identify themselves as technicians.
Emily’s parents hope to stop the deaths of other children and individuals by ensuring that pharmacists are properly trained. For more information on laws in your own state, contact a local lawyer today!