Recently my pharmacy manager has been instructed to decrease the pharmacist staffing at our location by 0.5 FTE. Corporate has guidelines on how many prescriptions a pharmacist can check per hour.
I am not in agreement with corporate guidelines. I'm curious to see what pharmacists in the field think are SAFE volumes of prescriptions that can be filled.
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Thanks.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
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They just want to make sure you do not try to 'waste' time doing those mtm services. Fill, fill, fill...that is what they want and all they care about.
depends on number and skill of techs. checking is different than filling!!
Are we talking about courtesy refills? refills? or new scripts? I can check 100 RX between 9am and 1pm, but that doesn't mean they were picked up or required counseling. I'm not sure how to answer. Also, depends on whether or not I'm filling 6 new RXs for the same person vs 3 orders of 2 new RXs. The later takes longer, due to meeting with each patient to go over their new medications.
Over the course of a shift, what is the number are prescriptions that you feel are safe to check on an hourly basis? This includes all types of prescriptions.
Great article. I like 150 prescriptions as the limit. How about a lunch break as well? You'd think we were working in a sweat shop! As a pharmacist myself, I have started a new webpage, FreePharmacist.com. Inspired from when I contracted shingles a couple of months ago,it is a place for patients and pharmacists can connect over drug questions thru the internet. Doctors know the medical conditions, let us handle the specific drug questions!
I have no idea what a "safe" number would be, as I'm not a pharmacist yet, but I am curious to know.
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