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Medication Reconciliation in Comparison to an Extensive Medication Safety Check

NCT02413957 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2017-01-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine wether an extensive medication safety check has a greater impact on the incidence of adverse drug events than medication reconciliation or no intervention.

Conditions

  • Elderly
  • Adverse Drug Event

Interventions

OTHER

Medication Reconciliation

Pharmacist take the best possible medication history (BPMH), comparison of the BPMH with the admission order (AMO), clarify and solve al discrepancies between the BPMH and the AMO.

OTHER

Pharmaceutical Care

Checking medication under safety considerations (medication at admission, during hospital stay, at discharge); recommendations for inappropriate medication (e.g. contraindications or interactions) or medication related problems. Pharmaceutical care includes Medication Reconciliation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ärztliche Zentrum für Qualität in der Medizin

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universitätsklinikum Bonn - Institut für Patientensicherheit

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • RWTH Aachen University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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