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If you ever really want to know what's going on behind the scenesYour favorite stores, talk to someone who worked for the company. Many retail workers end up overthrowing secrets about their former employers once they leave their work - and some of the things that end up being disclosed could shock you. Now, a former CVS worker abandons an overview of what's going on in the stores in the pharmacy chain. Read the rest to discover what an ex-employee wants to warn you.

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CVS found itself in hot water more than once in the last month. At the end of May, several buyers of a citystarted to protest against the pharmacy chain During the news that he closed a store in the district of Little Village of Chicago, Illinois, so that customers had to travel more than two and a half miles in another place for their prescriptions.

The company has also been struck by several consumption proceedings. During the month of May, a buyer continued CVS "misleading"Branding on his disinfectant for brand hands in store, and another has filed a complaint saying that the company does not correctly arrive at customers or associated riskswith paracetamol drugs It sells.

It is not only foreigners who call this popular channel: in a new interview withThe sun, a former CVS worker warned buyers thatSome of the company's stores are not cleaned as often as you think. "The shelves are super dusty and dirty. We had to clean them and it was so disgusting," said the ex-employee, whose name was not disclosed.

The problem of cleanliness is largely limited to workers could only have cleansed the shelves when they had downtime, the former employee of the CVS revealedThe sun. According to the worker, this was only once every two weeks at their specific location.Better life contacted CVS to comment but has not yet heard.

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These are not only the products packaged on the shelves of the stores that you may have to worry about. The former CVS worker saidThe sun That the trays they used for medicine in their old location were also often unclean. Like most other pharmacies, CVS pharmacistsUse trays and a spatula To count the drugs so that they can ensure that customers receive the correct amount in their prescriptions without having to reach the medication with their hands.

"Some drugs cannot be mixed or affected by others [drugs], so we are supposed to clean the tray to remove the leftovers and residues, and my supervisor and my team members did not do it" , explained the ex-employee toThe sun. ""In addition, the trays that we generally use must be cleaned because they become coarse, but you know that they do not have them [cleaned]. ""

This is not the first time that CVS has been affected by concerns about how his pharmacists sort medicines. In December 2021, a video showing an employee in a CVS pharmacyPour pills with his hands To fill in a prescription, he became viral on Tiktok, amassing more than 23 million views at the time,Nowsweek reported.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"This woman has just operated the window register, directly to fill my drugs. It is the last straw CVS," wrote Tiktok's user in the video on the video, which is no longer available. The user, who bears the name of Jessica, saidNowsweek that she did not expect that she did not expect her video to become viral, the stories of the comments section and other users made her realize that the problem was "bigger" than its unique instance.

"This is clearly a CVS problem and they have to respond to their protocols for everyone's safety, including their employees," Jessica told the magazine.

A CVS spokesperson saidNowsweek At a time when the company has implemented policies to ensure the safety of patients and employees when submitting prescriptions, and these requirements would be strengthened among the team members. "Our pharmacists and technicians have access to tools that allow them to fill the prescriptions without having to touch the drugs with their hands," said the spokesperson. "It is our policy that these tools should be used when filling the prescriptions."

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