Strategies for Enhancing Medication Safety Culture Through Incident Reporting
Explore strategies for enhancing medication safety culture through incident reporting in community pharmacies. Discover how to craft effective incident reports, prioritize system-based solutions, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Learn from ISMP Canada’s analysis of medication incidents and gain insights to prevent future errors. Empower your pharmacy team with actionable tips and resources for promoting patient safety.
Behind the Counter on Pharmacy Technician Day 2023: How Pharmacy Technicians Drive Quality Improvement and Safety
Recognize Pharmacy Technician Day 2023 by learning more about the key role pharmacy technicians play in continuous quality improvement.
From Stress to Safety: Addressing Understaffing’s Role in Medication Incidents
Pharmacies are under increasing pressure from work demands and understaffing. Use these four tactics to reduce work stress and the chances of patient harm in your pharmacy.
Near-Miss Event Reporting: A Proactive Approach to Preventing Patient Harm
Near-miss events in the community pharmacy system are both a warning and an opportunity. Learn more about how near-miss events can prevent incidents, reduce the chances of patient harm, and transform pharmacy practice on a national level.
Safety Culture for Safer Compounding
Safety culture is essential to reducing the risk of patient harm from a compounding incident. Employ principles of safety culture to reduce risk in your pharmacy today!
4 Safety Culture Resources for Community Pharmacy
According to the US Institute of Medicine, “the biggest challenge to moving toward a safer health system is changing the culture from one of blaming individuals for errors to one in which errors are treated not as personal failures, but as opportunities to improve the system and prevent harm.” Unfortunately, a ‘blame and shame’ approach […]