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Area of Science:

  • Pharmacy Practice
  • Pharmaceutical Care

Background:

  • Community pharmacies perform a variety of tasks beyond dispensing medications.
  • Understanding the distribution of general pharmacy work is crucial for optimizing pharmaceutical care delivery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the frequency and characteristics of general work activities in Dutch community pharmacies.
  • To assess the proportion of care-related activities within the overall workload.

Main Methods:

  • A multi-dimensional work sampling (MDWS) method was employed.
  • The study involved three Dutch community pharmacies over a six-week period (two weeks per site).
  • Focus was placed on identifying and measuring care-related items within general pharmacy work.

Main Results:

  • Care-related work accounted for 34% of all observed pharmacy activities.
  • Care-related activities were identified across all three participating pharmacies.

Conclusions:

  • While care-related work is present, Dutch pharmacists need to prioritize its expansion to advance pharmaceutical care.
  • Strategies such as efficient pharmacy organization, robotization, task specialization, and optimized interior design may facilitate increased care-related work.