Should Accreditation Canada’s Required Organizational Practices and Standards Lead to Prioritization of Clinical Pharmacy Services over Distribution-Related Medication Safety Strategies?

Impact of a Policy Change on Pharmacists’ Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions

“…However, pharmacists may encounter challenges and conflicts as they strive to implement these recommendations. 8,9 Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are an important subset of adverse drug events. Interest in ADRs-which are considered to reflect the innate safety profile of specific chemical compounds (drug safety)-predates more recent efforts to address the safety of drugs in clinical use (patient safety).…”