Today, increasing expanded scope places additional demands and pressure on pharmacists and pharmacy staff to provide quality and safe care to patients. Ensuring the pharmacy has adequate and well-trained staff can improve efficiency and safety as well as provide a more positive working environment for staff.
These articles provide recommendations or strategies to improve pharmacy practice. Your efforts in reporting medication incidents and near misses contribute to these valuable insights, making a meaningful impact on patient safety across Manitoba and Canada.
Resources and Insights for Navigating Staffing and Stress in Pharmacy
To support pharmacy professionals in navigating these challenges, the Safety IQ Academy offers a wealth of resources, including the Safety IQ Blog, which features practical articles designed to help community pharmacies enhance their practice and reduce patient harm. Recent blog posts address critical issues related to staffing and stress management:
- Reducing Distractions and Interruptions to Improve… Wait, What Was I Doing!? — Eight ways to reduce interruptions and improve lines of defense in your pharmacy using human factors engineering.
- Managing External Pressures in the Pharmacy — Four key safety recommendations to help address high-stress times.
- Enhancing Patient Safety in Community Pharmacies: 3 Improvements for Technical and Clinical Checks — Leveraging the complementary roles of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and three recommendations to improve technical and clinical verification.
- From Stress to Safety: Addressing Understaffing’s Role in Medication Incidents — Four risk reduction strategies to cope with understaffed pharmacies.
These articles provide recommendations or strategies to improve pharmacy practice. Your efforts in reporting medication incidents and near misses contribute to these valuable insights, making a meaningful impact on patient safety across Manitoba and Canada.
