Drug Diversion Threats

Respond to the following with a one-to-two-page document- (if you need another page please let me know, I am fine with 1 page, but if you need more space to get points across, I understand). ***Select a stakeholder role within a healthcare system (I.e. Pharmacist-in-Charge, Nursing Director, Director of Risk, HR, Public Relations, etc.). Taking that position, describe what concerns you most about drug diversion occurring within your organization and why do you consider that to be the biggest threat? For example: Taking the position of the Director of Risk Management, your biggest concern may be the risk of medication adulteration/tampering and the associated risk of poor patient outcomes (including death). Below are the articles assigned: 1. ISMP. 2023. “Part I: The Pursuit of Prevention – Confronting Drug Diversion.” ISMP Webinars. February 15, 2023. https://home(dot)ecri(dot)org/blogs/ismp-on-demand-events/the-pursuit-of-prevention-confronting-drug-diversionLinks to an external site. 2. John Clark, et al., ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Diversion of Controlled Substances, American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Volume 79, Issue 24, 15 December 2022, Pages 2279–2306, https://doi(dot)org/10.1093/ajhp/zxac246Links to an external site. 3. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Pharmacist Manual (2022 edition) – Federal requirements for controlled substance compliance pages 10-11, 34-35, 60-65, 103 (appendix A) 4. A Practical Controlled Substance Diversion Monitoring Playbook, 2019 – development of a drug diversion monitoring program 5. Protenus 2023 Diversion Digest – Prevalence of drug diversion in healthcare https://home(dot)ecri(dot)org/blogs/ismp-on-demand-events/the-pursuit-of-prevention-confronting-drug-diversionLinks to an external site. 6. Danielle Neal, et al., Centralizing a controlled substance compliance and drug diversion prevention program within a multihospital health system, American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Volume 80, Issue 15, 1 August 2023, Pages 1018–1025, https://doi(dot)org/10.1093/ajhp/zxad093Links to an external site.