A prospective, multicenter study of pharmacist activities resulting in medication error interception in the emergency department.
Patanwala AE, Sanders AB, Thomas MC, et al. A prospective, multicenter study of pharmacist activities resulting in medication error interception in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59(5):369-73. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.11.013.
The majority of medication errors identified by an emergency department pharmacist were discovered through consultative activities, not through routine review of prescriptions.