Pharmaceutical care activities at hospital admission have a significant impact on patient safety. The objective of this study was to identify predictive factors for clinically significant pharmacist interventions (PIs) performed during medication reconciliation and medication review at patient hospital admission.A 4-week prospective study was conducted in 4 medicine wards. At hospital admission...

BACKGROUND Medication reconciliation is a major component of safe patient care. One of the main problems in the implementation of a medication reconciliation process is the lack of human resources. With limited resources, it is better to target medication reconciliation resources to patients who will derive the most benefit from it. OBJECTIVE The primary objective of this study was to determi...

BACKGROUND All medication errors are serious, but those associated with the IV route of administration often result in the most severe outcomes. According to the literature, IV medications are associated with 54% of potential adverse events, and 56% of medication errors. OBJECTIVES To determine the type and frequency of errors associated with prescribing, documenting, and administering IV inf...

Medication reconciliation was developed to reduce medical mistakes and injuries through a process of creating and comparing a current medication list from independent patient information sources, and resolving discrepancies. The structure and clinician assignments of medication reconciliation varies between institutions, but usually includes physicians, nurses and pharmacists. The Joint Commiss...

OBJECTIVES To compare discrepancies in drug histories among patients acutely admitted to different hospital wards, classify the discrepancies according to their potential clinical impact and identify appropriate selection criteria for patients that should be subject to a detailed drug history at admission. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Two gastrointestinal surgery wards and one geri...

background:the diagnostic accuracy of frozen section as an important source of information in surgical pathology is important not only in the management of surgical patients but also as a measure of quality control in surgical pathology. in this study, we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of frozen sections over a 6-year period in a teaching hospital in iran. methods: we retrospectively review...

Medication errors are more likely to occur during patient’s transition of care. There was very little information about impact medication reconciliation activities done for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage IV-V admission stage in Malaysian Primary Hospitals. The objective this study is evaluate the clinical pharmacist’s hospital CKD IV-V. This cross-sectional carried out two mul...