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The evaluation of a novel model of providing ward pharmacy services
Bryony Dean Franklin1, Mario Borges Rosa, Gavin Miller
1Centre for Medication Safety and Service Quality, Pharmacy Department, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK. bryony.deanfranklin@imperial.nhs.uk
Background:
In UK hospitals, traditional ward pharmacy services involve pharmacists visiting their wards once or twice a day each weekday. However, to provide a more patient orientated ward pharmacy service, we developed the Imperial Model of Ward Pharmacy. This is based on pharmacists seeing every drug chart every other day, allowing increased focus towards patients' needs on other days.
Objective:
To assess the impact of the Imperial Model of Ward Pharmacy on the prevalence of new medication orders that have not been screened by pharmacists, and doses omitted due to medication being unavailable.
Method:
We conducted an uncontrolled before-and-after study on eight medical wards. In each phase, we collected data on the number and prevalence of active medication orders that had not been screened by a pharmacist at the point of data collection, and the number and prevalence of regular doses documented as being omitted due to drug unavailability, or for which the administration record was left blank.
Results:
The prevalence of unscreened medication orders reduced from 7.6 % of 1,433 orders to 4.1 % of 1,495 orders (p = 0.0002; Chi square test). There was no change in the prevalence of dose omissions (1.4 % in each phase of the study).
Conclusion:
This is a practical way to move to a more patient-focused service without affecting the safety of the service provided.
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