Pt received atenolol instead of benztropine.A drug utilization report run in scriptpro identified that since (b)(6) 2015, five scripts filled with the drug name "benztropine 1mg tab golden state" product code "(b)(4)".The (b)(6) bulk bottle of atenolol 25mg had the same ndc leading us to believe the drug was cross linked.We identified one other pt who may have received the wrong drug within the past two weeks.(b)(6) service rep from scriptpro, retrieved the other pts' info and informed us that (b)(6) has been utilizing old ndc's which were originally used for other medications, but did not know the reason behind it.He also confirmed that he had seen one other case of this and that since the cell label showed atenolol 25mg, the cell was filled correctly.When the drug file was updated overnight, scriptpro overwrote the info we entered with the info for the old ndc, effectively changing the cell to identify as, and fill for, benztropine 1mg.When we asked (b)(6) if scriptpro would be notifying their end users, he replied it was causing a large commotion at scriptpro and they were trying to take care of it on their end.This error was a direct result of (b)(6) reusing old ndc numbers for different medications.
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