The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG
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J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther · Oct 2008
Impact of a prescription review program on the accuracy and safety of discharge prescriptions in a pediatric hospital setting.
The purpose of this study was to determine if a prescription review service, at the time of discharge, enhances the accuracy and safety of prescriptions written at an academic pediatric hospital. ⋯ Through the discharge prescription review program, the pediatric clinical pharmacists were able to make interventions on the majority of prescriptions reviewed. The types of errors that required interventions have been identified as potential sources for major medication errors in the pediatric population. We concluded that the review of discharge prescriptions by a pediatric clinical pharmacist was an effective method of preventing prescribing errors in the pediatric environment.