6 ways to build a pharmaceutical culture centered on patient safety

Becker's Healthcare May 26, 2023
Ashleigh Hollowell

Patient safety is often viewed from a lens inside medical center and hospital walls, but the leadership of pharmacists and decisions made along the medical supply chain also play a role, Londa Ritchey, the quality director at PharmaLex wrote in a May 25 article for PharmaPhorum.

Opportunities to affect patient safety come in many forms, she explains, including deciding in the procurement process whether to switch vendors and even in supply with determining which pallet vendors to go with.

“Any of the scenarios listed above could result in a product recall. Unfortunately, a recall generally occurs after patient safety exposure or impact has been realized,” she writes. “Many companies have processes in place for quality department review of changes....

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