Pharmacists working in hospitals play a significant role in managing medicines risk. But what is medicines risk?
Risks with medicines
Pharmacists working
in hospitals play a significant role in managing medi-cines risk. But what is
medicines risk?
Risk is defined in a
number of ways:
·
As a noun, risk is a situation involving exposure to danger,
the possibility that something unpleasant will happen and a person or thing
causing a risk or regarded in relation to risk.
·
As a verb, risk is to expose to danger or loss, to act in
such a way as to incur the risk of, and to incur a risk by engaging in an
action.1
Medicines risk
therefore can refer to medicines themselves and to the actions of people
handling medicines. Chapter 11 dealt with the financial risks relating to
medicines use; this chapter will focus on the risk of harm to the patient. The
principles discussed apply throughout the National Health Service (NHS) and
beyond, but the organisational context is based on the NHS in England.
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