Impact of a Pharmacist-anesthesiologist Collaboration During Anesthesia Consultation on Prevention of Perioperative Medication Errors of Patients in Programmed Surgery

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes3 sites in 1 country378 target enrollmentFebruary 25, 2020

ConditionsSurgical Procedures, Operative

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Surgical Procedures, Operative
Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Enrollment: 378
Locations: 3
Primary Endpoint: Rate of patients with at least one medication error for chronic treatment
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 4 months ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The investigators will evaluate the efficiency of a pharmacist-anesthesiologist collaboration in the anesthetic consultation in the prevention of medical errors perioperatively in patients undergoing scheduled surgery

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

February 25, 2020

End Date

September 30, 2021

Last Updated

4 months ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•The patient must have given their free and informed consent
•The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
•The patient has at least one chronic medication prescription (associated with a chronic illness)
•The patient is hospitalized for a programmed surgery in the service of urology or digestive surgery at the CHU Nimes or orthopedic surgery in the CHU Montpellier or Toulouse

Exclusion Criteria

•The subject is participating in an interventional study, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study
•The subject refuses to sign the consent
•It is impossible to give the subject informed information
•The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship
•The patient is having ambulatory programmed surgery
•The patient has an anesthetic consultation in a different health establishment

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Rate of patients with at least one medication error for chronic treatment

Time Frame: 48 hours post-admission

Secondary Outcomes

Nature of medication error(48 hours post-admission)
Rate of medication errors corrected(48 hours post-admission)
Rate of prescriptions respecting the Société Française d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation recommendations(48 hours post-admission)
Rate of corrected medication errors or major, critical or catastrophic severity according to HAS 2018(48 hours post-admission)
Rate of patients whose usually prescribed medication at admission is not available for them in the evening following surgery(48 hours post-admission)
Rate of medications not available on the establishment's therapeutic book and not brought by the patient(48 hours post-admission)
Duration in hospital(End of hospitalization (max 30 days))
Rate of delay or cancellation of surgery linked to preoperational medication error(End of study (13 months))