This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Medication errors: Cultivating a safe workplace culture
+Educate
In print
Reducing errors
Medication errors: Cultivating a safe workplace culture
Sunday 1 October 2023, 01:30 AM
[Image: iStock.com – LeManna]
In part two of her series on reducing medication errors, clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer looks at cultivating safe workplace cultures, focusing on psychological safety, minimising the occurrence of errors and fostering workplace innovation
The impact of staff shortages goes beyond relying on two pharmacists to do the work of three or four. We all know it leads to burnout, low staff moral
References
1. Enlaps. All about Ishikawa diagram. https://enlaps.io/us/guide/ishikawa-diagram.html
Additional information from the Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance, clinical governance training, https://www.aicg.edu.au/