Addressing Medication Errors Involving HIV-Positive Inpatients: Development of a Clinician’s Guide to Assessing Antiretroviral Therapy

Pittman, Elliot; Li, Emily H; Foisy, Michelle

doi:10.4212/cjhp.v68i6.1504

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CJHP

2015

DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v68i6.1504

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Addressing Medication Errors Involving HIV-Positive Inpatients: Development of a Clinician’s Guide to Assessing Antiretroviral Therapy

Elliot Pittman¹,

Emily H Li²,

Michelle Foisy

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Role of the pharmacist caring for people at risk of or living with HIV in Canada

Tkachuk,

Ready,

Chan

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Role of the pharmacist caring for people at risk of or living with HIV in Canada

Tkachuk,

Ready,

Chan

et al. 2024

Can Pharm J

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Reducing medication errors in HIV-positive patients: Influence of a clinical pharmacist

Bronkhorst,

Joseph-Busby,

Bezuidenhout

2024

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine

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Background: The roll-out of antiretroviral medicines has improved life expectancy in people living with HIV (PLHIV). This has resulted in more patients being hospitalised for non-communicable diseases, increasing risk for medication errors (MEs). Pharmacists, through medication reconciliation, may identify and reduce MEs in this population.Objectives: To describe the importance of a pharmacist’s involvement in identifying and quantifying types of MEs.Method: A quantitative, prospective observational study was conducted over 14 weeks. A pharmacist reviewed HIV-positive, hospitalised patients’ files, using a data collection instrument, to determine the prevalence of MEs in PLHIV. The study pharmacist recommended appropriate actions to the prescriber to resolve MEs and documented resolution of the MEs.Results: The study population of n = 180 patient files were reviewed 453 times, identifying 466 MEs. Medication errors included incorrect medication reconciliation from history (19; 4.1%), prescription omission (17; 3.7%), duplication of therapy (10; 2.2%), missed doses (265; 57.1%), incorrect dosing (103; 22.2%), incorrect administration frequency (2; 0.4%), incorrect duration of therapy (15; 3.2%) and drug-drug interactions (18; 3.9%). More than half (58.2%) of the MEs were resolved in less than 24 h, with involvement of the pharmacist.Conclusion: This study demonstrates the magnitude of MEs experienced in hospitalised PLHIV and highlights the role clinical pharmacists play in identifying and resolving MEs to improve patient outcomes.

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Addressing Medication Errors Involving HIV-Positive Inpatients: Development of a Clinician’s Guide to Assessing Antiretroviral Therapy

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Role of the pharmacist caring for people at risk of or living with HIV in Canada

Role of the pharmacist caring for people at risk of or living with HIV in Canada

Reducing medication errors in HIV-positive patients: Influence of a clinical pharmacist

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