SynthesisInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2020
Impact of pharmacist interventions on medication errors in hospitalized pediatric patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Practice Guidelines for the Value Evaluation of Clinical Pharmacy Services (version 2).Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Preventing Medication Errors in Paediatrics: A Narrative Review.Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics · 2026Review
- Analytical approaches for medication management for patient safety: a scoping review.npj health systems · 2025Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Reported Practices of South African Pharmacists Regarding Pediatric Pharmaceutical Care.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2025Article
- Pharmacy Optimization of Antibiotic Verification and Preparation for Pediatric Emergency Department Patients: A Quality Improvement Project.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2025Article
- Analysis of clinical pharmacists' interventions in a rehabilitation setting.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2025Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Background Medication errors are avoidable events that may occur at any stage of the medication use process. Implementing a clinical pharmacist is one strategy that is believed to reduce the number of medication errors. Pediatric patients, who are more vulnerable to medication errors due to several contributing factors, may benefit from the interventions of a pharmacist. Aim of the review To qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate the impact of clinical pharmacist interventions on medication error rates for hospitalized pediatric patients. Methods PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register and Google Scholar search engines were searched from database inception to February 2020. Study selection, data extraction and quality assessment was conducted by two independent reviewers. Observational and interventional studies were included. Data extraction was done manually and the Crowe Critical Appraisal Tool was used to critically appraise eligible articles. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using a random-effects model for rates of medication errors. Results 19 studies were systematically reviewed and 6 studies (29,291 patients) were included in the meta-analysis. Pharmacist interventions involved delivering educational sessions, reviewing prescriptions, attending rounds and implementing a unit-based clinical pharmacist. The systematic review indicated that the most common trigger for pharmacist interventions was inappropriate dosing. Pharmacist involvement was associated with significant reductions in the overall rate of medication errors occurrence (OR 0.27; 95% CI 0.15 to 0.49). Conclusion Pharmacist interventions are effective for reducing medication error rates in hospitalized pediatric patients.
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