Nurse testifies she caught mislabeled drops, describes training gaps and staffing concerns at Waterbury Hospital during disciplinary hearing

At an administrative disciplinary hearing, respondent Miss Dodwell testified that she had not experienced a medication error prior to the incident under review and described a prior occasion when she discovered a mislabeled vial of drops and corrected the filing before administration.

The testimony, given during a hearing that included discussion of scheduling and quorum issues, matters because the proceedings concern a prior morphine administration and the board is weighing evidence about the respondent’s training, clinical judgment and medication‑administration practices.

Miss Dodwell told the hearing panel she once found ear drops filed in a box labeled for eye drops. She described the steps she said she took: "I pulled out the patient's drops. I then proceeded to look at the patient's MAR... I noticed on the bottle that it was not the same medication labeling on the box itself. So, by looking at the MAR and matching up the actual medication drops for which route it should be given... I gave the specific drops from the actual bottle according to the…