CVS Pharmacy

A CVS store. Photo by Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle, States Newsroom.

Inspectors find more serious problems at Ohio CVS pharmacies

BY: - August 25, 2023

From a lack of control over narcotics to expired drugs on the shelves, inspectors at the Ohio Board of Pharmacy have found more problems at what appear to be chronically understaffed CVS pharmacies. The new inspection reports from four Ohio pharmacies are in addition to reports finding similar problems at nine others that the Capital […]

A CVS store. Photo by Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle, States Newsroom.

Problems at understaffed CVS pharmacies are said to be widespread. The Ohio AG is taking a look

BY: - August 3, 2023

In the wake of news about Ohio regulators’ findings at severely understaffed CVS pharmacies, numerous current and recent CVS workers in Ohio and elsewhere have said the problems are not limited to the nine stores the Ohio Board of Pharmacy has issued reports on. Meanwhile, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost called the findings in the […]

A CVS store. Photo by Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle, States Newsroom.

Patient harmed, 1,800 doses of controlled drugs lost at CVS pharmacy, regulator says

BY: - July 24, 2023

Pharmacy giant CVS continues to call them “isolated incidents” even after reports emerged earlier this month that the Ohio Board of Pharmacy found hundreds of problems that could endanger patients at eight of the company’s understaffed pharmacies.  Then on Thursday, the board released inspection reports from yet another CVS pharmacy that detailed additional serious problems. […]

A CVS store. Photo by Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle, States Newsroom.

“Corners are cut to dispense prescriptions,” CVS employee tells Ohio Board of Pharmacy

BY: - July 7, 2023

At least eight CVS pharmacies in Ohio are so understaffed that they have seen rampant turnover, dirty conditions, lack of controls over dangerous drugs and wait times as long as a month for prescriptions, according to reports by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy.  The waits have been so long that a harried CVS pharmacist in […]