| Adapting the US Institute for Safe Medication Practices' Medication Safety Self Assessment tool for community pharmacies in Finland. | |
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PMID: 22236176 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Objectives To adapt a US Institute for Safe Medication Practices' Medication Safety Self Assessment (MSSA) tool to, and test its usefulness in, Finnish community pharmacies. Methods A three-round Delphi survey was used to adapt self-assessment characteristics of the US MSSA tool to Finnish requirements, and to obtain a consensus on the feasibility and significance of these characteristics in assessing the safety of medication practices in community pharmacies. The Delphi modified self-assessment tool was piloted in 18 community pharmacies in order to refine the tool, using a questionnaire containing structured and open-ended questions. Key findings A total of 211 self-assessment characteristics were accepted to the self-assessment tool for pilot use by expert panellists in the Delphi rounds. Most pilot users considered the tool as useful in: identifying medication safety targets for development; medication safety assessment; and identifying the strengths of medication safety. The substance of the self-assessment tool was considered as comprehensive and essential for medication safety. Most criticism was regarding: the multiplicity of self-assessment characteristics; interpretation of some characteristics; and that all the characteristics were not yet available. After the modification, according to the pilot users' comments, the final Finnish tool consisted of 230 medication safety characteristics. Conclusions The study indicated the feasibility of adapting a US medication safety self-assessment tool for use in community pharmacy practice in Finland. More efforts should be made to familiarise Finnish community pharmacists with the self-assessment tool and its benefits, and get them to use the tool as part of their long-term quality improvement. |
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Tuula Teinilä; Suvi Halmepuro-Jaatinen; Kirsi Yritys; Katri Manni; Marja Airaksinen |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-09-19 |
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Title: The International journal of pharmacy practice Volume: 20 ISSN: 2042-7174 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Pharm Pract Publication Date: 2012 Feb |
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Created Date: 2012-01-12 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9204243 Medline TA: Int J Pharm Pract Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 15-24 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2011 The Authors. IJPP © 2011 Royal Pharmaceutical Society. |
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Division of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki Alppila Pharmacy Arabianranta Pharmacy, Helsinki Keskustori Pharmacy, Tampere, Finland. |
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