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A study to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve the safety culture among pharmacists involved in the dispensing process
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SLCTR Registration Number
SLCTR/2018/003
Date of Registration
The date of last modification
Mar 03, 2019
Scientific Title of Trial
A study to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve the safety culture among pharmacists involved in the dispensing process
Public Title of Trial
Measuring safety culture among pharmacists involved in dispensing
Disease or Health Condition(s) Studied
Medication safety
Scientific Acronym
None
Public Acronym
None
Brief title
None
Universal Trial Number
U1111-1206-9795
Any other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authority
64/17 (ERC: FMS, USJP)
What is the research question being addressed?
Can an educational workshop on medication safety improve the safety culture among pharmacists involved in dispensing medicines in the hospital?
Type of study
Interventional
Study design
Allocation
Single arm study
Masking
Masking not used
Control
Uncontrolled
Assignment
Single
Purpose
Health services research
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention(s) planned
An educational intervention will be conducted among the study participants. The study will be conducted at the department of pharmacy of the study hospital. All pharmacists who fulfil the inclusion criteria will be included in the study. A single session (half a day), group basis, educational workshop will be conducted on ‘safety culture’ and patient safety for pharmacists. The workshop will be resourced by senior pharmacologists, pharmacists and medical administrators involved in patient safety. The workshop will consist of lectures and group work related to medication safety. After educational presentations by resource persons, participating pharmacists will be actively involved in planning and preparing an educational poster on safety culture during the work shop. The prepared poster will be for display in their respective pharmacies in the study hospital for repeated emphasis.
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Pharmacists not registered in the Sri Lanka Medical Council
Primary outcome(s)
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1.
Safety culture measured by an interviewer administered questionnaire introduced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, USA and content validated to suit the Sri Lankan context. |
[ Before the intervention and one month after the completion of the intervention. ] |
Secondary outcome(s)
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1.
None |
[ None ] |
Target number/sample size
All dispensing pharmacists in the study hospital ( N = 20)
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Anticipated start date
2018-01-24
Anticipated end date
2018-09-30
Date of first enrollment
Date of study completion
Recruitment status
Pending
Funding source
University grants Ref No: ASP/01/RE/MED/2017/37, awarded by University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Regulatory approvals
Status
Approved
Date of Approval
2017-10-26
Approval number
64/17
Details of Ethics Review Committee
| Name: | Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura |
| Institutional Address: | Gangodawila, Nugegoda Sri Lanka |
| Telephone: | +94-112758000 (Extension: 4075) |
| Email: | erc.fms.usjp@gmail.com |
Contact person for Scientific Queries/Principal Investigator
J. A. Lakshika Anjalee
Pharmacist
Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Kalubowila.
0112763261ext 284
0715427135
lakshika.anjalee919@gmail.com
Contact Person for Public Queries
Dr. N.R. Samaranayake
Senior Lecturer
Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
0112751618
0714467919
nithushi@sjp.ac.lk
Primary study sponsor/organization
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Gangodawila, Nugegoda,
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 11 2758000,
Email: info@sjp.ac.lk
www.sjp.ac.lk
Do the investigators plan to share identified individual clinical trial participant-level data (IPD)?
IPD sharing plan description
Not available
Study protocol available
Protocol version and date
Not Available
Protocol URL
Not Available
Results summary available
No
Date of posting results
Date of study completion
Final sample size
Date of first publication
Link to results
Brief summary of results
