Asian Journal Of Social Pharmacy

Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of applying pharmacy quality control circle to reduce the error rate of drug delivery in inpatient pharmacy, and to improve the service quality of inpatient pharmacy staff. Methods According to the ten standardized steps of pharmaceutical product management and Gantt chart, fishbone diagram and Plato were used to analyze the causes of drug delivery errors in hospital pharmacies, to find countermeasures and confirm the implementation effect. Results and Conclusion The error rate was reduced from 52% before implementation to 27.8%, and the target achievement rate was 100%. The staff’s understanding and application ability of pharmaceutical product circle was further enhanced. The “Training Standard for Newcomers” has reference value for hospital inpatient pharmacies and it can be promoted continuously. Pharmaceutical quality control circle can improve the quality of pharmacy services in hospitals.

Key words: quality control circle, inpatient pharmacy, drug error rate