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Improving bedside dispensing services through early medication discharge planning: a pre-post intervention study.

Ai Ling Oh¹, Yi Jing Tan², Wan Choon Chong²

¹Department of Pharmacy, Sarawak General Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, 93586, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. ohailing79@yahoo.com.

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|January 25, 2022

Summary

Early medication discharge planning improved bedside dispensing services, increasing medication safety and reducing costs. This pharmacist-led initiative enhanced patient care during transitions by enabling medication reconciliation and reusing patient

Keywords:

Bedside dispensing Medication discharge planning Medication errors Medication reconciliation Transition of care

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Area of Science:

Pharmacy Practice
Patient Safety
Healthcare Management

Background:

Delays in discharge prescriptions impede bedside dispensing services (BEDISC), crucial for medication reconciliation and safety in transitional care.
BEDISC facilitates pharmaceutical interventions, a key component of safe medication management during patient transitions.
Early medication discharge planning is essential to overcome these delays and optimize transitional care.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the impact of early medication discharge planning on BEDISC delivery.
To assess changes in bedside dispensing rates, medication errors, and cost savings through patient's own medicines (POMs) reuse.
To determine the effectiveness of a structured pharmacist-coordinated process in improving transitional medication safety.

Main Methods:

A pre-post intervention study was conducted in medical wards of a tertiary hospital.
A structured bedside dispensing process was implemented with clear roles for doctors, nurses, and pharmacists.
Pharmacists performed medication reconciliation, screened prescriptions, reused POMs, and intervened on medication errors, providing bedside dispensing and counseling.

Main Results:

Bedside dispensing rate significantly increased by 13.5% post-intervention (p < 0.001).
Medication error interventions increased by 13.4% for bedside dispensing (p < 0.001) and 4.7% for counter-dispensing (p = 0.002).
Reusing POMs yielded substantial cost savings of MYR 13,884.64 (52.7%), primarily from respiratory, cardiovascular, and vitamin/mineral medications.

Conclusions:

Pharmacist-coordinated early medication discharge planning enhances BEDISC delivery.
The intervention significantly improved medication safety by detecting and intervening on medication errors.
Early planning and BEDISC services effectively reduce medication costs through efficient resource utilization, such as reusing POMs.