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Pharmacy-led ward-based education reduces pharmaceutical waste and saves money
Julia Tisdall1, Michelle Edmonds1, Alana McKenzie1
1Pharmacy Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Objectives:
To measure the effectiveness of pharmacy-led ward-based education sessions for pharmaceutical waste.
Methods:
A pharmacy technician delivery pharmaceutical waste education in 2017. To measure the impact, results from pharmaceutical wastage audits from 2016 and 2018 were compared.
Key Findings:
Pharmacy-led ward-based education reduces pharmaceutical waste and saves money. It was calculated that the cost of medication wastage was reduced by $1715.67 in the audit period, extrapolating to an annual saving of $44 607.45.
Conclusions:
The findings highlighted the importance of pharmacy technicians and provided evidence for an advanced scope pharmacy technician ward role to reduce pharmaceutical wastage.
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