Model of Good Care Workshop: Inpatient Pharmacy Services

Saturday, 12th August 2017; 8.30am to 3.30pm: The Inpatient Pharmacy Services Team held its Model of Good Care Workshop at the Auditorium, 13th Floor Menara Selatan.     Attendees mainly consisted of Pharmacy Assistants and Provisionally Registered Pharmacists. There were several Diploma of Pharmacy Students as well as Pharmacists from other sections in attendance as well.     The topics highlighted in this workshop are: Medication errors reports and analysis Paediatric dose calculations end extemporaneous paediatric syrup preparations LASA items and High Alert Medications Management of antibiotics supply Criteria for supply of urgent medication orders Safe handling of hazardous chemicals Renal dose adjustments and interpretation of relevant laboratory results Management of Dangerous Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.     All participants were required to do a pre-workshop and post-workshop test to gauge the effectiveness of the workshop.