Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2019 User Comparative Database Report. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2019 User Comparative Database Report. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Book/Report
 
• Published April 2019

Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2019 User Comparative Database Report.

Famolaro T, Yount ND, Hare R, et al. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2019. AHRQ Publication No. 19-0033.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality conducts safety culture surveys in a wide variety of clinical settings and makes the results publicly available on a regular basis. This report contains responses to the Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture from 331 participating pharmacies, most of which were chain drugstores or pharmacies within integrated health systems. The areas of strength were similar to the 2015 report, with most community pharmacies scoring well for patient counseling and openness of communication regarding unsafe situations. Inadequate staffing and production pressures were the commonly identified barriers to safety. A PSNet perspective explored safety issues in the community pharmacy setting in detail.

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