Kansas News: Continuous Quality Improvement

June 1, 2009 4:30 PM Topics: Continuous quality improvement

Published in the June 2009 Kansas State Board of Pharmacy newsletter

In July 2008, KSA 65-1695 began requiring each pharmacy to establish a continuous quality improvement (CQI) program. Effective April 10, 2009, KAR 68-19-1 required that each CQI program meet minimal requirements. Specifically, each pharmacy other than a hospital pharmacy must meet at least once each quarter of each calendar year. The Board will be requiring each pharmacy to have had one meeting by September 30, 2009. The pharmacist-in-charge must attend the meeting and review each incident report generated during the past quarter. For each incident, the meeting personnel must establish steps to be taken to prevent a recurrence of the incident. A report shall be maintained that states the list of persons in attendance, a list of the incident reports reviewed, and a description of steps taken or to be taken to prevent a recurrence of the incident. On October 24, 2008, the Board revised the definition of an incident pursuant to KAR 68-7-12b. As soon as possible after discovery of an incident the pharmacist-in-charge shall be notified of the incident and a report prepared. Each employee involved in the incident shall sign the incident report. Reports shall be maintained for a period of five years.