Language Access Testimony from Oregon HB 2935 (2019)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Reference Links:

Not knowing English should not be held against them – many know some English and many other languages, just not medical terminology.
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2019031346&startStreamAt=2029&stopStreamAt=2055

Translation on the bottle is the safest place
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2019031346&startStreamAt=431&stopStreamAt=450

Inadequate amount of treatment/ wrong dose
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2019031346&startStreamAt=1073&stopStreamAt=1144

Other methods like color coding meds are unsafe.
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2019031346&startStreamAt=1144&stopStreamAt=1180

30 years of technology…ask ourselves why?
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2019031346&startStreamAt=1180&stopStreamAt=1203

Iraqi refugee managing asthma inhalers for 5 kids
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2019031346&startStreamAt=302&stopStreamAt=347

Multiple dosages hard to differentiate.
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2019031346&startStreamAt=1777&stopStreamAt=1872

A young mother afraid to give her newborn the wrong medication
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2019031346&startStreamAt=1903&stopStreamAt=1941