Reducing the pill swill: an audit of clinical pharmacy.
A drug surveillance programme involving pharmacists in a general medical ward has been shown to reduce the number of drugs prescribed to patients and also to reduce the number of dispensing errors. The evidence presented suggests that continuing involvement of pharmacists in patient care at the ward level is required to maintain the improved prescribing habits.
D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D008508:Medication Errors; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D008875:Middle Aged