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Towards improving dose administration aid supply: a quality improvement intervention aimed at reducing dispensing

Julia Fiona-Maree Gilmartin¹, Jennifer Lillian Marriott, Safeera Yasmeen Hussainy

¹Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, 3052, Australia, julia.gilmartin@monash.edu.

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Summary

A quality improvement intervention (QII) shows potential to enhance medicine supply in dose administration aids (DAAs) for nursing homes. This toolkit aims to reduce dispensing errors and improve medication safety for residents.

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Area of Science:

Pharmacy Practice
Medication Safety
Healthcare Quality Improvement

Background:

Dispensing medicines into dose administration aids (DAAs) carries risks of inaccuracy and unsuitability.
Quality improvement interventions (QIIs) can target pharmacy medicine supply services to reduce dispensing errors.
Improved medicine administration in nursing homes (NHs) is achievable through better DAA use.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop, introduce, and evaluate a QII for improving DAA medicine supply.
To assess the potential of the QII to reduce dispensing errors in DAAs.
To enhance medication safety in NHs through improved DAA management.

Main Methods:

A QII was developed using focus group findings from 13 participants involved with DAAs.
The intervention was implemented in 14 Victorian community pharmacies and 45 NHs.
A pharmacist-facilitated education session was delivered, with attendees completing evaluation questionnaires.

Main Results:

The QII, titled 'Be alert and work together for medicine safety, DAA incident awareness toolkit', was well-received.
435 questionnaires were returned (85.0% response rate).
Respondents strongly believed the QII could improve DAA medicine supply and reduce dispensing errors.

Conclusions:

A stakeholder-informed QII is perceived to have significant potential to improve DAA medicine supply from pharmacies to NHs.
The intervention is believed to reduce the occurrence of dispensing errors within DAAs.
Further quantitative evaluation is recommended to confirm the intervention's effectiveness.