views on med safety
effort s to improve medication
safety incident reporting by
hospital pharmacists should focus
on their behavioural and control
beliefs about the reporting process
according to a study on the subject
published in the International
Journal for Quality in Health Care.
The authors, based in UK’s
Manchester Pharmacy School, said
that focusing on the process, not
the people, would instil greater
confidence about the benefits
of reporting and not harming
professional relationships with
doctors, provide greater clarity
about what/not to report and
ensure a simpler reporting system.
270 hospital pharmacists
(response rate = 45%) from 21
general and teaching hospitals in
the North West of England were
surveyed around their attitudes,
intentions and the ease or difficulty
of the process of reporting.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 07 Jul 15 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 07 Jul 15
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