• Journal of critical care · Aug 2015

    Multicenter Study Observational Study

    Pharmacist's review and outcomes: Treatment-enhancing contributions tallied, evaluated, and documented (PROTECTED-UK).

    • R Shulman, C A McKenzie, J Landa, R S Bourne, A Jones, M Borthwick, M Tomlin, Y H Jani, D West, I Bates, and PROTECTED-UK group.
    • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Pharmacy, London, NW1 2BU, United Kingdom. Electronic address: robert.shulman@uclh.nhs.uk.
    • J Crit Care. 2015 Aug 1;30(4):808-13.

    PurposeThe purpose was to describe clinical pharmacist interventions across a range of critical care units (CCUs) throughout the United Kingdom, to identify CCU medication error rate and prescription optimization, and to identify the type and impact of each intervention in the prevention of harm and improvement of patient therapy.Materials And MethodsA prospective observational study was undertaken in 21 UK CCUs from November 5 to 18, 2012. A data collection web portal was designed where the specialist critical care pharmacist reported all interventions at their site. Each intervention was classified as medication error, optimization, or consult. In addition, a clinical impact scale was used to code the interventions. Interventions were scored as low impact, moderate impact, high impact, and life saving. The final coding was moderated by blinded independent multidisciplinary trialists.ResultsA total of 20517 prescriptions were reviewed with 3294 interventions recorded during the weekdays. This resulted in an overall intervention rate of 16.1%: 6.8% were classified as medication errors, 8.3% optimizations, and 1.0% consults. The interventions were classified as low impact (34.0%), moderate impact (46.7%), and high impact (19.3%); and 1 case was life saving. Almost three quarters of interventions were to optimize the effectiveness of and improve safety of pharmacotherapy.ConclusionsThis observational study demonstrated that both medication error resolution and pharmacist-led optimization rates were substantial. Almost 1 in 6 prescriptions required an intervention from the clinical pharmacist. The error rate was slightly lower than an earlier UK prescribing error study (EQUIP). Two thirds of the interventions were of moderate to high impact.Crown Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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