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Abstract Disaster events can increase demand for medication supplies and interfere with supply chains, leading to compromised care in hospitals. Providing an organized response to an additional surge of disaster-related… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Disaster events can increase demand for medication supplies and interfere with supply chains, leading to compromised care in hospitals. Providing an organized response to an additional surge of disaster-related patients requires pre-planned emergency management procedures. Hospital pharmacists can address this with prioritized drug procurement and inventory management strategies which may improve the availability of key medications for a disaster response. Previous disaster events have provided insight on medications used to treat disaster-related injuries and exacerbations of medical conditions in emergency departments. This article provides a detailed description of Vancouver Island’s hospital pharmacy strategy for the procurement and minimum stock levels of high priority medications in preparation for a disaster.
Journal Title: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Year Published: 2022
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