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Shortage of pharmacy technicians persists in 2023 — here’s how to streamline and adapt your operations

The shortage of pharmacy technicians is straining pharmacies across the nation, with seemingly no end in sight to the dearth of qualified workers. In fact, vacancy rates have climbed to over 20% from 6% on average, with 10% of hospital pharmacies reporting they’ve lost up to 40% of their techs.

The unfortunate reality for hospital pharmacies is that plenty of drugs end up in the trash when they expire before they can be dispensed. Of course, that’s wasteful and costly, but deemed necessary by the FDA to protect patient safety.

New program enables health systems a more strategic approach to reducing drug spend and building system-wide supply chain solutions

Columbus, Ohio – Dec. 1, 2022 – Safecor Health today announced SafecorLogics, a new program for health systems to reduce drug spend, build system-wide supply chain solutions and improve value-based care. SafecorLogics allows a health system to consolidate order volume across numerous hospitals and store packaged product in Safecor Health’s warehouses. Combined with Safecor Health’s drug spend analysis, SafecorLogics drives standardization and significant reduction in drug and packaging costs across multi-site and multi-state facilities.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) released its 2020–2021 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals in late February of 2020. These best practices focus on trying to solve specific medication issues that can cause harmful errors for patients.

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A contract packager is a company that packages and labels products for clients. In the healthcare space, pharmaceutical contract packaging solutions help drug manufacturers, wholesalers, telehealth companies and GPOs bring new products to market while still managing the packaging needs of existing products within their portfolio.

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Identifying the Problem and Facing the Challenge Head-On

In October 2006, the American Hospital Association invited key medical professionals together to discuss patient safety risks associated with enteral feeding systems. The challenge involved the problems with enteral misconnections and small-bore connectors.

Workforce shortages are nothing new to the pharmacy industry. In 2016, The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics projected a 12% increased demand for pharmacy technician jobs.

Expiration dating starts as early as the FDA application process. The FDA requires new drug applicants to submit drug stability testing data along with recommended expiration dates and storage conditions at the same time they apply for FDA approval.