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Corinne E Gautreaux1, Thomas W Robinson1, Elisabeth G Dunbar1
1Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Burns, Department of Surgery, Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
Abstract:
Inadvertent medication reconciliation discrepancies are common among trauma patient populations. We conducted a prospective study at a level 1 trauma center to assess incidence of inadvertent medication reconciliation discrepancies following decreased reliance on short-term nursing staff. Patients and independent sources were interviewed for home medication lists and compared to admission medication reconciliation (AMR) lists. Of the 108 patients included, 37 patients (34%) never received an AMR. Of the 71 patients that had a completed AMR, 42 patients (59%) had one or more errors, with total 154 errors across all patients, for a rate of 3.7 per patient with any discrepancy. Patients taking ≥ 5 medications were significantly more likely to have an incomplete or inaccurate AMR than those taking <5 medications (89% vs 41%, P < .0001). Decreased reliance on short-term nursing staff did not decrease inadvertent admission medication reconciliation discrepancies. Additional interventions to decrease risk of medication administration errors are needed.
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