Workforce planning and safe workload in sterile compounding hospital pharmacy services.

Ahmed Chaker; Israa Omair; Weam Hazem Mohamed; Shuaib Haroon Mahomed; Mohammad Aslam Siddiqui

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Workforce planning and safe workload in sterile compounding hospital pharmacy services.

November 24, 2021

Chaker A, Omair I, Mohamed WH, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2022;79(3):187–192.

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The Institute for Safe Medication Practices recommends compounding pharmacies use technology and automation to improve patient safety. Researchers assessed the workflow and workforce requirements of one hospital’s sterile preparation center (SPC) following implementation of these recommendations. The average time to prepare each type of medication was used to determine pharmacy staffing workforce requirements.

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