Clinically significant medication errors in surgical units detected by clinical pharmacist: a real-life study.

Pierre Renaudin; Annabelle Coste; Yohan Audurier; Julie Berbis; François Canovas; Laura Lohan; Louis Dagneaux; Anderson Loundou; Mohamed Boucekine; Maxime Villiet; Cyril Breuker

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Clinically significant medication errors in surgical units detected by clinical pharmacist: a real-life study.

November 10, 2021

Renaudin P, Coste A, Audurier Y, et al. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2021;129(6):504-509.

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Pharmacists play an essential role in medication safety through practices such as medication reconciliation and best possible medication history. This observational study found that 20% of patients presenting to surgical units at one French hospital over a two-month period had a medication error. Pharmacists intervened and resolved medication errors related to untreated indications, subtherapeutic dosages, and prescriptions without an indication.

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