Pharmacy Technician Suspended for TPN Errors and Discriminatory “Mong” Remarks Towards Colleague with Autism

Allegations

The case against the registrant, a pharmacy technician, centred on two serious allegations. First, the registrant was involved in errors during the preparation of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) products for two patients on 29 July 2019. These errors involved selecting incorrect ingredients, which could have led to the administration of improperly formulated nutritional therapy—an especially critical matter given the intravenous nature of TPN, which is used in patients who cannot receive nutrition through normal digestion. The concern was not only about the errors themselves but the allegation that they were committed deliberately to sabotage a colleague’s competency assessment.

Secondly, the registrant was accused of making repeated derogatory comments towards a colleague, referred to as “Colleague 2”, who has autism. These comments included referring to the colleague as a “mong” on multiple occasions, which the complainant described as aggressive and demoralizing behaviour.