Exploring the well-being of community pharmacy professionals, turnover intention and patient safety: Time to include operational responsibility.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic added significant occupational pressures on community pharmacists. The objective of this research project was to investigate the level of distress and burnout among community pharmacy professionals and its association with their retention within their occupation as well as patient safety outcomes.

Method: We conducted a cross-sectional study on 722 community pharmacy professionals from all Canadian provinces using an online survey, including scientifically validated measures.

Quality-related events reported by community pharmacies in Nova Scotia over a 7-year period: a descriptive analysis.

Background: Quality-related events are defined as medication errors that reach the patient (e.g., incorrect drug, dose and quantity), in addition to medication errors that are intercepted before dispensing (i.