Section 5.8 · Pillar 1 · Clinical Excellence, Patient Safety & Quality of Care
Pharmacy and Medication Safety
Licensed pharmacy oversight, medication reconciliation, high-alert medication protocols and antibiotic stewardship.
The issue
Medication safety is a high-risk and high-impact domain. Standards should address licensed pharmacy oversight, prescription medication control, medication reconciliation, high-alert medication protocols, antibiotic stewardship, controlled substance management, medication error reporting, safe storage, labeling, pharmacy technician standards, and patient medication counseling.
Priority components
What good looks like in this domain, expressed as the components an institution should be able to show.
- 01Licensed pharmacy oversight
- 02Prescription medication control
- 03Medication reconciliation
- 04High-alert medication protocols
- 05Antibiotic stewardship
- 06Controlled substance management
- 07Medication error reporting
- 08Safe storage and labeling
- 09Pharmacy technician standards
- 10Patient medication counseling
Implementation
What this domain requires in practice: the standard, the pack, the measurement, the tools and the evidence.
Standards
No approved ASQAT standards have been published for this domain yet. The standards layer is in place so that approved statements can be released without restructuring the platform.
Measurement
Measurement specifications for this domain are being developed. Indicator definitions are published only once the numerator, denominator and data source are agreed.
Measurement frameworkResources
Implementation resources for this domain are currently in development. Approved policies, procedures, checklists and tools will be released through the resource library.
Open the libraryAwaiting approved content
Evidence in practice
No approved implementation evidence has been published for this domain yet. Case studies are published only after review of what was measured and how.