Quality indicators for technologies applied to the hospital pharmacy
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- DOI: 10.7399/fh.2017.41.4.10698
Quality indicators for technologies applied to the hospital pharmacy
Abstract
The TECNO group of the Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria (Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy) has addressed the definition of a catalogue of indicators for performance, quality and safety in the use of technologies applied to the logistic activity of Hospital Pharmacy Units.The project was developed with a methodology of qualitative techniques by consensus, with the members of the TECNO Group participating as experts. Once indicators had been defined, a validation phase was conducted, and standards were established based on the result of the sampling carried out in the hospitals of the group members.A total of 28 indicators were obtained, with their corresponding quality standards applied to the use of technologies in the processed for medication storage, dispensing and preparation.The definition of quality indicators and their standards for measuring technologies in the use of medication represents a step forward in the improvement of their safety.
El grupo TECNO de la Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria ha abordado la definición de un catálogo de indicadores de funcionamiento, calidad y seguridad del uso de tecnologías aplicadas a la actividad logística de los Servicios de Farmacia Hospitalaria.El proyecto se desarrolló con una metodología de técnicas cualitativas de consenso participando como expertos los miembros del grupo TECNO. Una vez definidos los indicadores, se realizó una fase de validación y se establecieron estándares en base al resultado del muestreo realizado en los hospitales de los miembros del grupo.Se han obtenido un total de 28 indicadores con sus correspondientes estándares de calidad aplicados a la utilización de tecnologías en los procesos de almacenamiento, dispensación y elaboración de medicamentos.La definición de los indicadores de calidad y los estándares de medida de las tecnologías en el uso de los medicamentos es un paso adelante para mejorar su seguridad.
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