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Do antibody positive healthcare workers have lower SARS-CoV-2 infection rates than antibody negative healthcare workers? Large multi-centre prospective cohort study (the SIREN study), England: June to November 2020

• There is an urgent need to better understand whether individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 are protected from future SARS-CoV-2 infection.
• A large multi-centre prospective cohort was recruited from publicly funded hospital staff in the UK.
• Participants attended regular SARS-CoV-2 PCR and antibody testing (every 2-4 weeks) and completed fortnightly questionnaires on symptoms and exposures.
• A prior history of SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with an 83% lower risk of infection, with median protective effect observed five months following primary infection.

Source: MedRxiv

 Summaries of safety labeling changes approved by FDA—boxed warnings highlights July–September 2020

• As part of FDA’s MedWatch program, important changes to the safety labeling of drugs and therapeutic biologicals, including boxed warnings, are posted on the agency’s website.
• Boxed warnings are ordinarily used to highlight
  • (1) An adverse reaction so serious in proportion to the potential benefit
  • (2) Serious adverse reactions that can be prevented or reduced in frequency or severity by appropriate use of the drug,
  • (3) situations in which FDA approved a drug with restrictions to ensure safe use

Source: Oxford Academic

Navigating the roadmap of workplace politics: Advice for new practitioners

• Workplace politics can make new work environments stressful for new practitioners and can lead to burnout quickly if they are not navigated successfully.
• Ask any number of students and pharmacists to define workplace politics and results will contain a multitude of explanations.
• Perhaps the simplest definition involves the advancement of personal agendas above the interests of an organization.
• Workplace politics remain an underlying challenge of work environments and are often learned through experience vs direct training.

Source: Oxford Academic

Reduction of phone interruptions post implementation of a central call center in community pharmacies of an academic health system

• A pharmacy services call center (PSCC) was implemented to centralize pharmacy phone calls and reduce interruptions of dispensing activities in 7 community pharmacies of an academic health center.
• An evaluation was conducted to define, quantify, and compare the numbers and types of phone interruptions before and 3 months after PSCC implementation.
• PSCC implementation noticeably decreased the amount of phone interruptions and distractions for employees.

Source: Oxford Academic

Pharmacy-facilitated medication history program at a community teaching hospital: A pre-post study in an emergency department

• A study was conducted to compare the accuracy of medication histories compiled by pharmacy technicians with histories obtained through the usual multidisciplinary process.
• Of 215 patients screened, 183 were included in the study: 91 patients whose medication histories were obtained through the usual multidisciplinary process and 92 whose medication histories were collected by pharmacy technicians.
• The study showed that the accuracy of medication histories was improved when histories were obtained by pharmacy technicians instead of via the usual multidisciplinary process.

Source: Oxford Academic

ASHP Guidelines on Medication-Use Evaluation

• These guidelines describe essential elements of the medication-use evaluation (MUE) process for healthcare organizations.
• These elements include the goals and objectives of a MUE, performance improvement methods, a description of indicators suggesting the need for an MUE, how to prioritize and select medications and processes for evaluation, typical steps in the process, the roles and responsibilities of the interdisciplinary team, common problems and pitfalls, and useful resources..

Source: Oxford Academic

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