Publications by authors named "Lionel Brisseau"
Objectives: To establish a consensual and coherent ranking of healthcare programmes that involve the presence of ward-based and clinic-based clinical pharmacists, based on health outcome, health costs and safe delivery of care.
Methods: This descriptive study was derived from a structured dialogue (Delphi technique) among directors of pharmacy department. We established a quantitative profile of healthcare programmes at five sites that involved the provision of ward-based and clinic-based pharmaceutical care.
Background: In 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a new rule requiring most prescription and some over-the-counter pharmaceutical products to carry bar codes down to the level of individual doses, with the intent of reducing the number of medication errors. Despite these regulatory changes in the United States, Health Canada has not yet adopted any mandatory bar-coding of drugs.
Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of using commercial bar codes for receipt and preparation of drug products and to evaluate the readability of the bar codes printed on various levels of drug packaging.
Background: There are few data comparing the drug management standards of the US and Canadian agencies that accredit health care institutions.
Objective: To evaluate the clarity and assessability of criteria in the drug management standards adopted by Accreditation Canada and the Joint Commission (United States).
Methods: A pilot study was conducted to compare the clarity and assessability of the criteria listed in the 2 standards.
Context: Few data are available on the use and consequences of decentralized automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) in institutional settings.
Method: This descriptive study examined compliance with published guidelines on the implementation of decentralized ADCs. The primary objective was to evaluate overall compliance, as well as compliance with specific steps in the medication cycle.