Pharmacists on high-risk clinical wards reduceprescribing errors, evidence review finds

摘要

Results from a systematic review have shown that the presence of pharmacists onhospital ward rounds protects against prescribing errors, but reliance on pharmacists tospot errors can mask inadequate knowledge or training in other prescribers. Researchers from the Netherlands reviewed 19 studies looking at in-hospital prescribingerrors, published in English and Dutch globally since 1997, including 8 from the UK.