Elevating The Drug Use Safety Is Re-elected as The Primary Goal of Patient Safety.

Date of Pharmacist Weekly: 101.0416-0422

No.: 1765

Article Writer: Kaohsiung City Reporter/Mao Jhimin

Source: http://www.taiwan-pharma.org.tw/weekly/1765/1765-2-2.htm

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Translator: Liu Tingyi

Date of Translation: 042612

Title:
Elevating The Drug Use Safety Is Re-elected as The Primary Goal of Patient Safety.
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Content:
Department of Health published “The annual work objectives of health care quality and patient safety in hospital from 2012 to 2013” on March, and “The elevation of drug use safety” is re-elected as the primary goal. For the first time, a list of annual work objectives for Hospital and Clinic has been provided for download as reference, respectively. (Website: http://www.doh.gov.tw/CHT2006/DM/DM2_p01.aspx?class_no=1& now
_fod_list_no=11217&level_no=3&doc_no=84045)
“To improve the ability of drug use safety in patient and caregiver.” is especially listed as the first implementation of priority in “The elevation of drug use safety” for hospital, and added “To reinforce the drug use education and the guide of drug usage for medical staff, patient and major caregiver.” as the reference practice of “To strengthen the usage safety of high-alert medications.” is also consistent with the primary goal. Although the Clinic version has been simplified a lot, the executive strategy has also added “To strengthen the function of drug counseling, and to improve the ability of drug use safety in people.”. All of these show that Pharmacists has accountability for it distinct, and they can make good use of it.

Table. Objective one: The executive strategy to improve the drug use safety.

Hospital	Clinic
To improve the ability of drug use safety in patient and caregiver. To strengthen the drug use safety of patient with chronic disease. To pass the information of drug allergy and the history of adverse events practicable. Use of information to improve the drug use safety. To strengthen the usage safety of high-alert medications.	To survey whether the procedures from prescription to give out the medicines exist the safety issues. To record and use the patient information about the history of allergy and adverse events practicable. “To strengthen the function of drug counseling, and to improve the ability of drug use safety in people