A thorough drug anamnesis is essential for patient safety. should there be a pharmacist at the emergency unit?

• In: Hospital Pharmacy - Posters
• At: Basel (Switzerland) (2008)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-P-044
• By: OSTBRING CARLSSON, Malin (Apoteket AB, Norrkoping, Sweden)
• Co-author(s): Bjorklund, Anna (Apoteket AB, NORRKOPING, Sweden)
  Malmberg, Eva (Apoteket AB, NORRKOPING, Sweden)
  
• Abstract:

  Introduction
  
  Errors often occur in the drug chart at hospital admission and this risk is especially prone to elderly people who are prescribed many drugs. Except for the risk of the patients being seriously hurt by the occurring medical errors, it is also known that drug-related problems (DRP:s) such as drug-drug interactions, adverse drug..

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