title: Check it out: A practical tool for improving medication safety.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To recommend incorporation of a prospective drug utilization review (DUR) checklist into the routine processing of prescription orders in the community practice setting to improve the quality and safety of pharmaceutical care.
  
  
  METHODS
  We proposed a checklist that was designed to include all the elements of a prospective DUR required by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA '90) and most pharmacy practice acts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  If properly incorporated into workflow and supported by company policies and procedures, a simple DUR checklist like that proposed in this study could significantly improve the quality of pharmacists' prospective DUR activities and the safety of medication therapy provided to patients. We also recommend that future quality metrics be created and implemented to ensure that pharmacists consistently perform this key professional responsibility.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.. Electronic address: warholak@pharmacy.arizona.edu.
authors.forename: Terri L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Warholak
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy-Glendale, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rupp
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zale
authors.affiliation: PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Resident, University of Maryland Medical Center, at time of research, PharmD Candidate, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ., Baltimore, MD, at time of research, PharmD Candidate, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hines
authors.affiliation: Albertsons Pharmacy, at time of research, PharmD Candidate, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ., Tucson, AZ.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D061214:Patient Safety; D058996:Quality Improvement; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D057188:Workflow