Clinical Pharmacists in the Emergency Department
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Medication Reconciliation
- Registration Number
- NCT02223676
- Lead Sponsor
- Randers Regional Hospital
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of implementing clinical pharmacists in the Emergency Department Team at Randers Regional Hospital. The clinical pharmacists conduct medication history, make medical interaction screenings, -reconciliations and -reviews on unscheduled patients admitted to the Emergency Department during daytime.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 448
Inclusion Criteria
- unscheduled patients admitted to the Emergency Department at Randers Regional Hospital at weekdays during daytime (9 am to 16.15 pm)
- 4 or more drugs prescribed
Exclusion Criteria
- patients triage red
- patients who cannot give informed consent
- terminal patients
- patients admitted to detoxification
- patients refered to the acute outpatient department
- patients remaining in the Emergency Department overnight
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Emergency Department Length of stay From arrival to the Emergency Department to either admission or discharge, which in average will be 6 hours.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient safety From arrival to the Emergency Department to either admission or discharge, which in average will be 6 hours. Number of recommended changes in drugs or dosage per patient. The changes are rated according to a PCNE-classification for drug-related problems.
Time from patient arrival to the treatment schedule is ready From arrival to the Emergency Department to either admission or discharge, which in average will be 6 hours.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Randers Regional Hospital
🇩🇰Randers, Region Midt, Denmark
Randers Regional Hospital🇩🇰Randers, Region Midt, Denmark