Leadership Approaches to Staff Health and Wellness During COVID-19 Pandemic.

COVID-19 disease as caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 has taken the world by storm with upwards of 8 million confirmed infections in more than 190 countries. At the writing of this article, over 2 million Americans are confirmed infected and 117,000 have died. Rapid changes to manage COVID-19 care creates significant physical and emotional stress for healthcare employees, including pharmacy staff.

Development and Implementation of an Oral Oncology Drug Repository Program.

Purpose: Because of high costs associated with oral oncology drugs, patients are often unable to afford their medications. Developing and implementing an oral oncology drug repository program can provide cost savings and waste reduction opportunities to oncology patients and health care systems.

Methods: Strategies to implement an oral oncology drug repository program include the following: (1) define patient eligibility requirements for the collected drug, (2) ensure patients have long-term availability to preferred treatment, (3) identify optimal oral oncology drugs to use, (4) provide safe drug collection with protocol, (5) calculate the amount of resources needed to provide services, (6) obtain adequate space to operate safely and efficiently, (7) establish safe disposal of the drug deemed inappropriate for use, and (8) spread awareness to prospective patient participants.