Analysis of medication errors and medication interventions in geriatric inpatients

LI Yueyang; LIU Min; WANG Hongyu; ZHAO Hongwei

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-0111.2017.02.024

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Objective To explore the role of clinical pharmacists in pharmaceutical care and medication errors prevention in geriatric inpatients. Methods 702 geriatric inpatients hospitalized from May 2015 to April 2016 were enrolled in this study. The patients received medication instruction and monitoring. Medication errors and intervention results were summarized and analyzed. Results Clinical pharmacist successfully made 625 interventions, which represented for 41.32% of all the cases collected. After intervention, the rate of corrections was increased up to 90.63%. The top three medication errors were administration time/occasion errors (36.64%), medication compliance errors (23.68%) and administration techniques errors (14.56%). Conclusion Clinical pharmacists play an important role in medication error prevention through medication interventions. By providing rational drug use suggestions and directions, clinical pharmacists can reduce the medication error rate and improve the drug therapy effectiveness.

Analysis of medication errors and medication interventions in geriatric inpatients

Department Of Pharmacy, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China

Received Date: 2016-05-26

Rev Recd Date: 2017-01-12

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Abstract: Objective To explore the role of clinical pharmacists in pharmaceutical care and medication errors prevention in geriatric inpatients. Methods 702 geriatric inpatients hospitalized from May 2015 to April 2016 were enrolled in this study. The patients received medication instruction and monitoring. Medication errors and intervention results were summarized and analyzed. Results Clinical pharmacist successfully made 625 interventions, which represented for 41.32% of all the cases collected. After intervention, the rate of corrections was increased up to 90.63%. The top three medication errors were administration time/occasion errors (36.64%), medication compliance errors (23.68%) and administration techniques errors (14.56%). Conclusion Clinical pharmacists play an important role in medication error prevention through medication interventions. By providing rational drug use suggestions and directions, clinical pharmacists can reduce the medication error rate and improve the drug therapy effectiveness.

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