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REDUCING THE PILL SWILL: AN AUDIT OF CLINICAL PHARMACY
Author(s) -
Brooks P. M.,
Jones J.,
Lawrence R.,
Ali R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb114594.x
Subject(s) - pill , audit , pharmacy , medicine , family medicine , pharmaceutical care , medical emergency , clinical pharmacy , nursing , business , accounting
A drug surveillance programme involving pharmacists in a general medical ward has been shown to reduce the number of drugs prescribed to patients and also to reduce the number of dispensing errors. The evidence presented suggests that continuing involvement of pharmacists in patient care at the ward level is required to maintain the improved prescribing habits.