TY - JOUR AU - Pani, Marcello AU - Cannizzo, Sara AU - Antonel, Andrea AU - Triulzi, Isotta AU - Meini, Barbara AU - Rossi, Ettore AU - Turchetti, Giuseppe T1 - PADLOck: Thefts of medicines and Hospital Pharmacies’ safety.
An Italian study PY - 2016 Y1 - 2016-07-01 DO - 10.1721/2344.25130 JO - Giornale Italiano di Farmacia Clinica JA - GIFAC VL - 30 IS - 3 SP - 133 EP - 141 PB - Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore SN - 1120-3749 Y2 - 2026/03/10 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1721/2344.25130 N2 - Summary. Introduction. The present work reports the principal results of the first national study (PADLOck = Project Of Adaptation of Hospital Pharmacy safety levels against the risk of theft and definition of technical standards) that assesses (through accurate on-site visits) the security of Hospital Pharmacies (HPs) in Italy. The main objective of the PADLOck project was the promotion of a diffuse culture of prevention against thefts in the HPs, and the definition of an operative tool for the assessment of the safety of HPs. Materials and methods. During 2014-2015 a sample of 30 HPs with different dimension have been assessed by a team of experts. A security risk score (Very good, good, sufficient, inadequate, seriously inadequate) has been appointed to each site, synthesizing the overall coverage degree against theft events combined assessment of the entrance control, volumetric protection detector systems, passive perimeter protection system for window and walls, alarm transmission devices and video systems. Results. Only 10% of the sample satisfied the video systems, Perimeter Protection and Alarms/interventions security criteria and had on average a sufficient security risk level. Although 66% of the sample having few criteria partially satisfied was on average inadequate, 24% of the sample resulted seriously inadequate (passive and active protection systems). Specific Guidelines “Benchmarks for the safe HP” represented one of the main output of PADLOck, useful for assessing and increasing the safety level of HPs. Conclusions. The HPs showed high vulnerability due to the lack of protective systems and planning for increasing the security. Safety should became one of the main objectives for the top managers of the hospitals: being victim of thefts of medicines means not only being subjected to losses of goods and material damages to buildings, but also not pursuing patients’ care and personnel’s safety, and paying more expensive insurance premiums. ER -