risk management
Be aware or beware of ‘wrong patient’ errors
This article aims to raise awareness and provide strategies to prevent the administration of medication to the wrong person. By Amy Minion BPharm MBA, Professional Development Pharmacist, PDL Learning objectives …
Dealing with aggression in pharmacy
By helping to understand the nature of a person’s behaviour, this article, together with the accompanying CLASHED Action Plan, aims to provide measures to help pharmacists manage and mitigate aggressive …
Holding your head up high: restoring professional confidence after experiencing an incident
Normalising the process of healthcare mistakes and acknowledging that it may feel uncomfortable and hard, is a way in which a pharmacist can take back control of the situation. By …
Watch: the PDL Guide to Medicines by Injection – a risk management perspective
PDL officers discuss key considerations for administration of medicines by injection and share useful new tools and resources What are some of the most common incidents around vaccination or administering …
WATCH: Risk management processes in pharmacy—compounding and beyond
PDL officers and the MEDISCA CPD coordinator and compounding pharmacist answer your questions on risk management processes in pharmacy During this webinar, Patricia Ullmann from MEDISCA is joined by Gary …
Looking after yourself ‘not a luxury but a necessity’: PDL officers
PDL Professional Officers Naomi Lim and Jess Hadley talk early career pharmacy, PDL member support in expanded scope of practice, and how to deal with overwhelm Naomi and Jess stop …
Pharmacy at the centre of the pandemic
“We’ve had a traumatic time… in a couple of waves of the pandemic”: Catherine Bronger discusses coping with crisis, and how we can deal with medicines affordability and practice …
Clinical tips: Atrial Fibrillation
Tools to help pharmacists consider risk for people with AF vary and have limitations, writes Karalyn Huxhagen… who has just found a valuable new one Garfield eats CHADs for Breakfast …
UTI prescribing and risk
PDL says it has flagged some risk considerations for pharmacists participating in the Queensland UTI trial In an update for Queensland members, PDL outlines a number of issues relating to …
Managing your COVID-19 risk
Pharmacists need to be aware of COVID-19-related scam and phishing attacks as well as the risk posed by distraction and heavy workload PDL has offered advice to help minimise risk …