According to a study in the May issue of Pediatrics, many Spanish-speaking people in the United States receive prescription instructions from the pharmacy so poorly translated that the medications are potentially hazardous to their health. (The errors occur largely because of deficiencies in computer programs that most pharmacies rely on to translate medication information from English to Spanish.)
This is an important issue that should be immediately addressed by the FDA as part of the agency’s Safe Use initiative.
This is a real health disparity that can and must be fixed inmediatamente.
