Role of HR in training pharmacy staff

 


Role of HR in training pharmacy staff

Introduction

In the retail pharmacy setup training the staff in order to handle prescriptions is very vital. Whatever the experience qualifications you may have which will help you to prepare the medications reading the physicians handwriting is a difficult task.

In both general practice and hospitals, medication errors are prevalent. Patients may be harmed by prescription errors made during the writing process (prescription errors) as well as prescribing errors caused by erroneous medical decisions. Any step in the prescription procedure can result in a mistake. Errors can be caused by slips, lapses, or mistakes, such as inadvertent omissions in drug transcribing. Dose selection errors, missed transcribing, and sloppy handwriting are all too typical. Prescription errors, such as the use of potentially unsuitable medications, can be caused by a lack of knowledge or competence, as well as inaccurate information concerning clinical characteristics and previous treatment of individual patients. Prescription errors and prescribing errors have been linked to a dangerous working environment, complex or ambiguous procedures, and a lack of communication among health-care staff, notably between doctors and nurses. (Velo & Minuz, 2009)

Ways to minimize

The HR department must make sure that they train the staff by making them reading prescriptions of the physicians and making sure the staff are familiar with the handwriting of the respective physician.

Training pharmacist

Programs must be conducted in community pharmacy level which enables the staff pharmacist to become involved in the pharmacist-based training service. The pharmacist must be allocated daily two hours for prescription reading. (Faber, 1991).

The pharmacy field is special organizations which are essential people driven. Human Resource contribution of people towards success is established (Kumari & Sita, 2010).

 

Conclusion

According to the theories discussed above it is vital to train the pharmacist with reading prescriptions regardless the qualifications he or she possess. Only this will tend to minimize the errors and help the patients.

Bibliography

Faber, E. M., 1991. PROGRAM FOR TRAINING STAFF PHARMACISTS IN TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION. American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy, , 48(5), pp. 980-986.

Kumari, A. & Sita, V., 2010. Role of Competencies in Human Resource Management: A Study in Indian Organizations. [Online]
Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1710374
[Accessed 18 12 2021].

Velo, G. & Minuz, P., 2009. Medication errors: prescribing faults and prescription errors. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, , 67(6), pp. 624-628.

 

 

Comments

  1. Sachini Mahaulpatha18 December 2021 at 08:47

    Training should always be a continuous effort in an organization for the performance growth of employees, regardless of whether the individual is a senior staff member or a new hire. This will also enable businesses to cross-train and leverage their human resources in a variety of different procedures, lowering the cost of employing new employees to work on the project. It was a fascinating read.

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