CONTEXT Pharmacist review of medication orders in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been shown to prevent errors, and pharmacist consultation has reduced drug costs. However, whether pharmacist participation in the ICU at the time of drug prescribing reduces adverse events has not been studied. OBJECTIVE To measure the effect of pharmacist participation on medical rounds in the ICU on the rat...

Paul N Newton professor of tropical medicine , David Schellenberg professor of tropical medicine , Elizabeth A Ashley infectious disease physician , Raffaella Ravinetto pharmacist , Michael D Green chemist, Feiko O ter Kuile professor of tropical medicine, Patricia Tabernero pharmacist, Nicholas J White professor of tropical medicine , Philippe J Guerin professor of epidemiology and global heal...

Medication errors may lead to adverse drug events (ADEs), which endangers patient safety and increases healthcare-related costs. The on-ward deployment of clinical pharmacists has been shown to reduce preventable ADEs, and save costs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ADEs prevention and cost-saving effects by clinical pharmacist deployment in a nephrology ward.This was a retrospect...

This questionnaire study involved the cooperation of home helpers and community pharmacists to improve medication adherence of in-home patients. The survey form contained 18 items that are factors for adherence and a visual analog scale to record the predicted medication adherence (predicted adherence). Assisted by the 14 offices of the home-visit helper care system located in Niiza, Saitama pr...

INTRODUCTION Elderly patients are at risk of drug-related problems. This study aimed to determine whether a pharmacist-led medication review programme could reduce inappropriate medications and hospital readmissions among geriatric in-patients in Hong Kong. METHODS This prospective controlled study was conducted in a geriatric unit of a regional hospital in Hong Kong. The study period was fro...

BACKGROUND Medication-related problems are a serious concern in Australian primary care. Pharmacist interventions have been shown to be effective in identifying and resolving these problems. Collaborative general practitioner-pharmacist services currently available in Australia are limited and underused. Limitations include geographical isolation of pharmacists and lack of communication and acc...

Objective: To evaluate the impact of pharmacist-led warfarin management and standardized treatment protocol. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was carried out in a cardiology referral hospital located in central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 2009 to 2014. The inclusion criteria were: adult patients who were diagnosed and treated for atrial fibrillation (AF) with warfarin, attended the warfar...

UNLABELLED Pharmacist participation in patient care team has been shown to reduce incidence of adverse drug events, and overall drug costs. However, impact of pharmacist participation in the multidisciplinary intensive care team on cost saving and cost avoidance has little been studied in Thailand. OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of the interventions and to determine pharmacist's in...

BACKGROUND Community pharmacy has become a major access point for several types of vaccinations. Despite the success of vaccination programs like influenza, pneumococcal, and herpes zoster, the rates of human papillomavirus vaccination continue to lag. OBJECTIVES The primary objective is to describe and report on the impact of a multimodal series of pharmacist-led educational interventions on...