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Pharmacists need to take an active leadership role in developing emergency preparedness plans, volunteering as first responders, and staging disaster drills, according to a variety of experts on disaster planning.
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Hospital pharmacists will need to continue their focus on anticoagulation therapy and improving safety, as indicated by a recent sentinel event alert by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations of Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
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The first step in developing a thorough disaster plan is to determine your hospital's and your pharmacy department's risks.
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Once pharmacists and hospital managers have outlined the possible high impact emergencies that could occur, it's time to exercise their disaster plans.
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When Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, FL, recently held a disaster drill that was intended to prepare staff for a highly infectious disease outbreak, the hospital put a pharmacist in charge.
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There's very little excitement for Floridian hospital pharmacists when it comes to holding disaster drills for hurricanes. It's old hat, second nature to the hurricane-weary pros that have dealt with this for years.
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For many hospital pharmacy departments, decentralization is an important goal for the purpose of improving patient care and safety and encouraging greater collaboration between pharmacists, nurses, and physicians.
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The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has designated the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) of Horsham, PA, as one of the first 10 Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), according to a news release by ISMP.
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Experts in quality improvement say that the recent listing of the first 15 patient safety organizations (PSOs) under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 will help hospitals across the United States improve patient safety by enabling the establishment of a huge database on errors and what causes them.
