Intervention study for the reduction of medication errors in elderly trauma patients.

María de los Ángeles Parro Martín; María Muñoz García; Eva Delgado Silveira; Sagrario Martín‐Aragón Álvarez; Teresa Bermejo Vicedo

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Intervention study for the reduction of medication errors in elderly trauma patients.

September 2, 2020

Parro Martín M de los Á, Muñoz García M, Delgado Silveira E, et al. J Eval Clin Pract. 2021;27(1):160-166.

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Researchers analyzed medication errors occurring in the trauma service of a single university hospital in Spain to inform the development and implementation of a set of measures to improve the safety of the pharmacotherapeutic process. The Multidisciplinary Hospital Safety Group proposed improvement measures that intend to involve pharmacists in medication reconciliation, increase the use of medication reconciliation in the emergency and trauma departments, and incorporate protocols and alerts into the electronic prescribing system.

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