Summit Pharmacy in Fairfield, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth)
State regulators have fined a Linn County pharmacy for a drug dispensing error and settled charges of gross negligence against a Jefferson County pharmacy with a warning.
In the Linn County case, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy alleges that on Dec. 24, 2024, a 22-month-old child was prescribed antibiotics to treat pneumonia. A pharmacy technician at the CVS Pharmacy in Marion allegedly gave the child’s mother azithromycin tablets instead of a liquid and failed to provide counseling on use of the medication. The tablets were subsequently returned when the mother discovered the error, according to the board…