NABP Patient Education Kit Allows Health Care Providers to Share Important Online Medication Safety Information
As part of its 2021 consumer awareness campaign, NABP has created a patient education kit for boards of pharmacy and other health care organizations and providers to share important online medication safety information with patients in their state. The education kit includes social media posts and images, a public service announcement video, a newsletter article, […]
Read More ›Survey: Most Pharmacists Unfamiliar With Safe Online Pharmacy Resources
The results of a survey of United States pharmacists published in the journal Medicine Access @ Point of Care indicate that 58% of respondents lacked confidence in identifying and counseling patients on illegal pharmacy websites. Further, fewer than 60% of pharmacists were able to accurately identify whether a web page was legitimate, and 75% of […]
Read More ›Pharmacies Can Address These Two Hazards to Improve Safety Programs
This column was prepared by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), an ECRI affiliate. Every pharmacy should strive to continually improve their medication-use system and provide the safest, highest quality of care possible. To accomplish this, practice sites must assess their risks associated with the medication-use process by monitoring actual and potential medication errors […]
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