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This week California's Board of Pharmacy will discuss new regulations that would require all pharmacies in the state to provide translated labels on prescription drug bottles. Statewide, 44 percent of Californians speak a language other than English at home. New York approved a similar rule last year to make it easier for people who don't speak English to avoid costly mistakes when taking medicine.
But the board's executive officer, Virginia Herold, says the move is very controversial. For starters, there is a concern that requiring translated labels would require larger bottles of pills, too, in order to have room for the extra text. Patients don't like larger bottles, she says.
"They decant the drug out of the large container, put it in a baggie or someplace else," Herold said. "There, you've separated the drug from the container; now the instructions on how to take it have been separated."
I think they mean language, not languages. And what other language could that be?
Sacramento County "official" languages are English, Spanish and Chinese and things coming from the county have to be in all three languages. I think they do a survey for each county to decide what their official languages need to be.
I agree with the pharmacy board on this one. Our voter handbook is in three languages and it's a mess of small print to get all the languages in. I can't imagine what that would look like on a pill bottle.
i can see it now, "here is your small bottle of medication, and here is your tome of how to take this medication. its only 400 pages long because we have yet to add farsi.
Seems like overkill. When initially filling the prescription, why not simply ask (although it should probably be evident without asking) whether the patient would prefer the instructions printed in English or Spanish?
Seems like overkill. When initially filling the prescription, why not simply ask (although it should probably be evident without asking) whether the patient would prefer the instructions printed in English or Spanish?
there are more languages to be considered than just those two.
there are more languages to be considered than just those two.
Because California is sooooo accommodating that way. Idiots.
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