Pharmacy prescribing study
July 22, 2013
PHARMACIST involvement in
prescribing has improved safety
and accuracy of perioperative
medication management, according
to a paper published this month in
the British Medical Journal.
The report covers a study at the
Princess Alexandra Hospital in
Brisbane, which found that there
were significantly less unintended
omissions of medications,
prescribing errors relating to drug
selection, dose or frequency when
the pharmacist was part of the
prescribing process.
“Current evidence to support
non-medical prescribing is
predominantly qualitative, with
little evaluation of accuracy, safety
and appropriateness,” the abstract
said, with the study aiming to
evaluate “a new model of service
for the Australian healthcare
system.”
400 adults scheduled for
elective surgery took part in the
randomised trial, with some having
a pharmacist generate the inpatient
medication chart to reflect
regular medications as well as
collaborative prescribing of venous
thromboembolism prophylaxis.
The model of care was proven to
be “highly effective in the study” -
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